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

English

ISBN: 1582346259

EAN: 9781582346250

Category: Performing Arts / Comedy

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Release Date: 02/28/2009

Synopsis: Comedy at the Edgeis a detailed examination of how our current political, religious and cultural sensibility emerged from small comedy clubs...An irresistible read and a key book for understanding our era. Buffalo NewsWhat Peter Biskind did for filmmaking, Richard Zoglin does for comedy in this meticulously researched and eminently readable account of stand-up comedy in the 1970s, when a small group of brilliant, iconoclastic comedians ruled the worldand quite possibly changed it, too.

Awards: New York Times Editors Choice – null 

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

Illustrated: No

Format: Paperback

Height: 0.73 inches

Width: 5.5 inches

Length: 8.27 inches

Weight: 8.5 oz

Pages: 256