Bibliograph

Not funny, essays on life, comedy, culture, et cetera, Jena Friedman

Type

Label

Not funny, essays on life, comedy, culture, et cetera, Jena Friedman

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Not funny

Oclc number

1344427719

Responsibility statement

Jena Friedman

Sub title

essays on life, comedy, culture, et cetera

Summary

A whipsmart essay collection on gender, politics, the entertainment industry, and work. Friedman challenges us to reconsider why we do and do not laugh, with whom we choose to empathize, and when we decide to grant attention in a world that demands we laugh to keep from crying. At once brainy, insightful, and absurd, NOT FUNNY reclaims power using the sharpest tool in a bold satirist's arsenal: humor

Table Of Contents

Prologue -- Not funny -- 1,500 words -- An American girl's story -- Dead baby jokes, or, How to talk to a fetus lawyer -- Too soon -- Cutting my teeth -- Sex pays -- Bad art -- Girl having sex, or, What we talk about when we talk about likability -- Brief interviews with hilarious men -- Canceled comedians say the darndest things -- Stand down -- One of the good ones -- Oh, the people you'll meet! -- The night before COVID -- On making it

Target audience

adult

Classification