| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
224 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
Snarky, sassy, super smarties -- Courageous, creative, character comics -- Dauntless, defiant, daringly disruptive -- Magnificent, marvelous, mighty misfits -- Brave, bold, brazen badasses. |
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Samantha Bee -- Lena Dunham -- Elaine May -- Lizz Winstead -- Julia Louis-Dreyfus -- Tina Fey -- Robin Thede -- Nora Ephron -- Molly Shannon -- Carol Burnett -- Amy Poehler -- Mabel Normand -- Lily Tomlin -- Whoopi Goldberg -- Kate McKinnon -- Lucille Ball -- Gilda Radner -- Sarah Silverman -- Chelsea Handler -- Amy Schumer -- Mae West -- Kathy Griffin -- Moms Mabley -- Margaret Cho -- Ali Wong -- Joan Rivers -- Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson -- Sandra Bernhard -- Melissa McCarthy -- Amy Sedaris -- Kristen Wiig -- Mindy Kaling -- Marie Dressler -- Kristen Schaal -- Maria Bamford -- Fanny Brice -- Ellen DeGeneres -- Tracey Ullman -- Phyllis Diller -- Tig Notaro -- Issa Rae -- Leslie Jones -- Maysoon Zayid -- Lena Waithe -- Rachel Bloom -- Cameron Esposito -- Aparna Nancherla -- Nasim Pedrad -- Jessica Williams -- Wanda Sykes. |
| Summary |
A celebration of the most groundbreaking women in comedy who used humor to shake up the status quo and change perceptions of gender and comedy forever. Step aside, Seinfeld. It's time for the brave, hilarious women of comedy to finally get the recognition they deserve. The people who say women aren't funny are actually saying something else: that humor in the hands of women is radical and scary. Nevertheless, women have persisted for generations now, deploying their wit in game-changing ways. The League of Extraordinarily Funny Women is a beautifully illustrated book that showcases fifty women -- past and present -- who use humor to deliver cutting social commentary, tangle with sensitive subjects, challenge traditional ideas about femininity, and, above all, do anything but sit still and stay quiet when laughs are on the line. The result is a sisterhood of empowering and often under-recognized figures who have gone on to become standups, writers, and actresses, including Mae West, Lucille Ball, Gilda Radner, Tina Fey, Amy Sedaris, Wanda Sykes, Ellen DeGeneres, Mindy Kaling, Jessica Williams, and many more. |
| Subject |
Women comedians.
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Women comedians. (OCoLC)fst01177507
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PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Bentley, Anne, illustrator.
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| ISBN |
9780762466641 (hardback) |
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0762466642 (hardback) |
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9780762466818 (paperback) |
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0762466812 (paperback) |
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