Not Funny Essays On Life Comedy Culture Et Cetera Jena Friedman by Jena Friedman 9781982178284, 1982178280 instant download after payment.

"[A] hilarious & much-needed book." —Samantha Bee, Emmy Award–winning comedian, author, & host of Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
For fans of the perceptive comedy of Hannah Gadsby, Lindy West, & Sarah Silverman, Academy Award–nominated & acclaimed stand-up comedian Jena Friedman presents a witty & insightful collection of essays on the cultural flashpoints of today.
Growing up, Jena Friedman didn't care about being likable. And she never wanted to be a comedian, either. A child of the 90s, she wouldn't discover her knack for the funny business until research for her college thesis led her to take an improv class in Chicago.
That anthropology paper, written on race, class, & gender in the city's comedy scene, was, in Jena's own words, "just as funny as it sounds." But it did lay the groundwork for a career that has seen her write & produce for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, the Late Show with David Letterman, & the Oscar nominated Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.
Friedman’s debut collection, Not Funny, takes on the third rails of modern life in Jena’s bold & subversive style, with essays that explore cancel culture, sexism, work, celebrity worship, &…dead baby jokes.
In a moment where women’s rights are being rolled back, fascism is on the rise, & so many of us could use a breather as we struggle to get by, Jena applies her unique gifts to pull a laugh from things deemed too raw, too precious, & too scary to joke about. She shares her stories of taking on those who told her she was too brash, too edgy, & too “unlikable” to make it. She deftly dissects how we get coerced into silence on the issues that matter most, until they’ve gone too far afield to be turned back around again. And she shares her struggles to make it (-ish) in a world that, more often than not, would rather tune out than listen to a woman confronting the indignities we’ve been told to bear.