| #1498902 in Books | Barricade Books | 2009-01-25 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.38 x.48 x5.54l,.40 | File type: PDF | 192 pages | ||0 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Great Read! Has its Finger on the Pulse of Contemporary Humour.|By SARAH_P|This was a thoughtful and insightful commentary on the current (and changing) forces in the world of humour and comedy, jewish and non-jewish alike. To be sure, I had no idea prior to reading this book that all the hype was true- Hollywood really IS run by Jews! I was rolling on the floor laughing at||"A Wikipedic collection of humorous solutions, Bill Moyers, Charlie Rose, Brian Lamb and C-Span take note." |--Jerry Stiller
"The freshest, boldest, and funniest voice writing about American Judaism today." |--Bruce Feiler
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This isnt your zaydes Jewish comedy. The once revolutionary, understated "Jew-ish" and "Israel-lite" flavor of Seinfeld has been replaced by a brutal matter-of-factness that would make earlier generation cringe. Your primer to the ever-changing face of Jewish comedy at the dawn of the 21st century: the new faces, their outrageous routines and their sometimes surprising seriousness about the most de pressing issues of our time.
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Shtick Shift: Jewish Humor in the 21st Century | Simcha Weinstein. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
