The Power of Judyism [Paperback]

Judy Tenuta (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 212 pages
• Publisher: Perennial; 1st edition (November 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 006096510X
• ISBN-13: 978-0060965105
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,036,208 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars For Flaming Fans and Devoted Lust-Logs ONLY, July 23, 2000

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J. Collins "Paradise Bar & Grill" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Power of Judyism (Audio CD)

Juuuudy! Juuuuuuuudy! Oh Giver-Goddess sublime, oh Healer of Hermaphrodites...isn't it time for some new material? Like we have TIME for a recorded re-tread of your first three albums...dream on, Klingon. You read real purty from your bible, "The Power of Judyism," and the Goddess' sound men practically go Postal to make sure you have appropriate effects. But our foreheads have been buffed to a blinding sheen already, and the fat jokes are about as fresh as Blowseanne's panty shields.

Let's go back in time....OOHHHH, KYOKOOOO....remember when you were the only Virgin Flower on the block? (It could happen!) You converted us to Judyism by doling out your barbs and slams with religious fervor, and we ached to recieve the gift of your pre-chewed gum. Now your audience can shout out your pungent punchlines before you get a chance, as if they already possess you. (NO!) We may be little more than Hillfiger heifers and Gap-going gonads for wanting something new and trendy, but we love you as much as our Ernest Borgnine beauty treatments.

We love you, Defiant Diva, and your musical interludes here are head and shoulders above the nose of that sycophant Streisand. But you run the risk of self-parody, sweet Geisha Girl, and even the most burly butt-pirate has heard this schtick more often than he's been stuck. To spread the word of Judyism we must bring you forward in time...the Darva Congers and larva-eaters of Survivor demand to be skewered on the spit of your sarcasm. There are boy bands to be butchered and Kathy Lee is still at large...we need the Goddess' guidance to put these pigs in their place.

We await your response to these and other triumphs of tastelessness, oh Empress of Elvis Impersonators.

-Mic

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Feel the Power!, August 15, 2003

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I. Ranovos (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Power of Judyism (Paperback)

In addition to being one of the funniest comedians alive, Judy Tenuta has a unique and completely distinctive prose style. You can spot it a mile away. Think about it: a unique style of writing. Most writers would kill for less. For far less. And miraculously, it is just as effective for comedy as is Judy's far more famous on-stage delivery.
This book achieves the amazing feat of being at the same time both very very gutsy and very very silly. Thank you, Judy! May we have another?

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars moderately amusing, October 21, 1999

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D. J. Edmondson "nobodyyouwouldwanttoknow" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Power of Judyism (Paperback)

Judy Tenuta's humor is like chocolate fudge. It's delightful in small quantities but nauseating if you binge on it. Ms. Tenuta is a one-act comedian whose one act cannot carry an entire book.