Through candid personal interviews with Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett, and other visionary performers, Queens of Comedy explores how comediennes have redefined the roles of women in not only the entertainment business, but society as a whole. Detailing both their public and private lives - as well as their many and varied performances - Queen of Comedy examines the impact these women have had on the predominantly male-oriented world of comedy. Performers like Carol Burnett, Joan Rivers, and their more recent counterparts, comediennes Brett Butler and Roseanne, have helped to sift women's roles in comedy from object to subject. This book maps out this shift, providing an often brutally honest picture of women's lives in both the spotlight of comedy and this modern world.
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This review is from: Queens of Comedy: Lucille Ball, Phyllis Diller, Carol Burnett, Joan Rivers, and the New Generation of Funny Women (Studies in Humor and Gender,) (Paperback)
I used this as a textbook for a film class I taught last year and the class loved it. The book contains solid biographical information and it's really fun to read. Plus, author Horowitz offers some very perceptive insights into women's comedy. My only criticism is that footnotes would have been really helpful because the students wanted to follow up on some of the sources -- but overall I highly recommend it.
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The black and white television screen leaves the Jack-o-lantern orange hair to our imagination. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
other comediennes, male comics, women comics, onstage character, comic appeal, funny women, comedy style, sketch comedy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Joan Rivers, Phyllis Diller, Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett, Lucy Ricardo, Lily Tomlin, Gracie Allen, Dumb Dora, Goldie Hawn, Gawky Gertrude, Lenny Bruce, Private Benjamin, Bob Hope, Desi Arnaz, Los Angeles, Marilyn Monroe, Totie Fields, Whoopi Goldberg, Woody Allen, Grace Under Fire, Minnie Pearl, National Enquirer, Ricky Ricardo, Belle Barth New!
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The black and white television screen leaves the Jack-o-lantern orange hair to our imagination. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
other comediennes, male comics, women comics, onstage character, comic appeal, funny women, comedy style, sketch comedy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Joan Rivers, Phyllis Diller, Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett, Lucy Ricardo, Lily Tomlin, Gracie Allen, Dumb Dora, Goldie Hawn, Gawky Gertrude, Lenny Bruce, Private Benjamin, Bob Hope, Desi Arnaz, Los Angeles, Marilyn Monroe, Totie Fields, Whoopi Goldberg, Woody Allen, Grace Under Fire, Minnie Pearl, National Enquirer, Ricky Ricardo, Belle Barth New!
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- European Theories of the Drama by Barrett H. Clark on 4 pages
- Talking With... by Jane Martin on page 161, page 163, and Back Matter
- Still Talking by Joan Rivers on page 90, page 108, and Back Matter
- Enter Talking by Joan Rivers on page 90, page 108, and Back Matter
- New York, New York! (Baby-Sitters Club Super Special, No. 6) by Ann M. Martin on page 43, and Back Matter
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- Queens of Comedy: Lucille Ball, Phyllis Diller, Carol Burnett, Joan Rivers, and the New Generation of Funny Women (Studies in Humor and Gender , Vol 2) by Susan Horowitz in Front Matter
- Ladies Laughing: Wit as Control in Contemporary American Women Writers (STUDIES IN HUMOR AND GENDER) by Barbara Levy in Front Matter
- Performing Gender (Studies in Humor and Gender Series Volume 4) by Shannon Hengen in Front Matter
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