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Comedy Book

How Comedy Conquered Culture–and the Magic That Makes It Work

Jesse David Fox
Barcode 9781250338099
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Release Date: 16/12/2024

Genre: Music Dance & Theatre
Label: Picador USA
Language: English
Publisher: St Martin's Press

How Comedy Conquered Culture–and the Magic That Makes It Work
From a beloved comedy critic, a wisecracking, heartfelt, and overdue chronicle of comedy’s boom - and its magic.
In Comedy Book, Jesse David Fox—the country’s most definitive voice in comedy criticism and someone who, in his own words, enjoys comedy “maybe more than anyone on this planet”—tackles everything you need to know about comedy, an art form that has been under-considered throughout its history, even as it has ascended as a cultural force. Weaving together history and analysis, Fox unravels the genre’s political legacy through an ode to Jon Stewart, interrogates the divide between highbrow and lowbrow via Adam Sandler, and unpacks how marginalised comics create spaces for their communities. Along the way, Fox covers topics ranging from comedy in the age of political correctness and Will Smith’s slap, to the right wing’s relationship with comedy, to comedy’s ability to heal in the wake of tragedy.With memorable cameos from Jerry Seinfeld, Dave Chappelle, John Mulaney, Ali Wong, Kate Berlant, and countless others, Comedy Book is an eye-opening education in how to engage with our most omnipresent art form, a riotous history of American pop culture, and a love letter to laughter.

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