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

""Comedy at the Edge "is 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 News "What Peter Biskind did for filmmaking, Richard Zoglin does for comedy in [...]
Visa längre beskrivning

""Comedy at the Edge "is 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 News "What 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 world--and quite possibly changed it, too.