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We Killed: The Rise of Women in American Comedy
We Killed: The Rise of Women in American Comedy
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Author: Yael Kohen Publisher: Picador Format: Softcover # of Pages: 352 Pub. Date: 2013 ISBN-10: 1250037786 ISBN-13: 9781250037787
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About the Book:
From live comedy to television and bestseller lists, women rule
the comedy industry — and, as this fascinating oral history shows,
they have fought long and hard to make their way to the top.
In We
Killed, journalist Yael Kohen assembles America's most
prominent comediennes — along with the nightclub club owners,
producers, writers, agents and network executives in their orbit —
to piece together the rise of women in American comedy. Beginning
with the emergence of Phyllis Diller and Joan Rivers in
the fifties, and moving forward to the edgy intelligence of Elaine
May and Lily Tomlin on to the tough-ass stand-ups who
would take SNL by storm, Yael Kohen chronicles the false
starts, backslides, and triumphs of female comedians.
With a chorus
of more than one hundred creative voices, We Killed
takes us backstage to tell the story of the revolution that
brought us Tina Fey, Sarah Silverman, and Chelsea
Handler — and a world where women can be smart, attractive,
sexually confident, and flat-out funny.
What people say:
"We Killed
shines in its details and its anecdotes ... Well crafted and
entertaining." — The Boston Globe
"Comics
of all levels of celebrity and vintage, as well as club owners,
producers, writers, agents, and network executives, carry the
story... [and] there's a bracing dose of shoptalk that puts you right
inside their wheelhouse ... Satisfying."
— The New York Times Book Review
"A remarkable history of women
in comedy." — The Observer (London)
"A comprehensive oral history
... Part show business chronicle and part unabashed (read: drugs,
digs, and dirt) confessional, We Killed [is] further proof that
women, and the men who heed their talent, will have the last laugh."
— Elle
About the Author:
Yael Kohen is a New
York-based reporter and editor. A contributing editor at Marie
Claire, she covers books, pop culture, and issues important to
working women. She has written for New York magazine, Salon,
The Daily Beast, the New York Daily News, and The
New York Sun.
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