[PDF.35iy] Comedy at the Edge: How Stand-up in the 1970s Changed America

Comedy at the Edge: How Stand-up in the 1970s Changed America

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 | #890944 in Books |  Bloomsbury USA |  2009-02-10 |  2009-02-03 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.21 x.70 x5.49l,.53 | File type: PDF | 256 pages

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||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| ...and Beyond the Edge into a Great Ride over Time|By Nathan A. Gordon|Richard Zoglin, who interviewed over 100 people in the business, has over-delivered with his well written synopsis of the state of stand-up comedy from the 40-year period beginning from the mid-sixties. Zoglin convincingly shows how stand-up comedy has evolved from the (at-the-time) groundbreaking (and for|From Publishers Weekly|Theater and TV critic Zoglin steps into the spotlight to deliver mirthful material also worthy of applause. A senior Time writer-editor who covered the magazine's showbiz beat for 20 years, Zoglin once did major pieces on Carson, Co

When Lenny Bruce overdosed in 1966, he left behind an impressive legacy of edgy, politically charged comedy. Four short years later, a new breed of comic, inspired by Bruce's artistic fearlessness, made telling jokes an art form, forever putting to rest the stereotype of the one-liner borscht belt set. During the 1970s, a small group of brilliant, iconoclastic comedians, led by George Carlin, Richard Pryor, and Robert Klein, tore through the country and became as big ...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Comedy at the Edge: How Stand-up in the 1970s Changed America   |  Richard Zoglin. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!

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