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35
/100
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Readers
34/100Critics
36/100Scholars
Author:
Shawn Levy
Publisher:
Doubleday
Date:
April 5, 2022
The story of a group of unforgettable women who knocked down the doors of stand-up comedy so other women could get a shot. It spans decades, from Moms Mabley's rise in Black vaudeville between the world wars, to the roadhouse ribaldry of Belle Barth and Rusty Warren in the 1950s and '60s, to Elaine May's co-invention of improv comedy, to Joan Rivers's and Phyllis Diller's ferocious ascent to mainstream stardom.
What The Reviewers Say
... a breezy tour.
Levy has done a sensitive job telling the stories of the nine pioneering women he has designated as those who cracked the glass ceiling of comedy.
What’s novel and valuable about Shawn Levy’s new book is that Joan Rivers is the end point, not the beginning.
Levy has done a sensitive job telling the stories of nine pioneering women he has designated as those who cracked the glass ceiling of comedy.
