Laughing Matters - Brossura

Jacobi, Steven

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0099476630 ISBN 13: 9780099476634

Casa editrice: Arrow, 2006

Riassunto

What makes people laugh? Where does the urge to make people laugh come from? And just how hard can it really be to become a stand-up comedian? In pursuit of the answers to these questions - and more - writer and comedy obsessive, Steven Jacobi has set himself a horrifying task: to perform as a stand-up comic in six comedy clubs around Britain. (The Amused Moose, at the Enterprise in Chalk Farm; XSMalarkey in Manchester; the Cheeky Monkey at the Station in Kings Heath, Birmingham; Ha! in New York; Oi! Oi! in Eastbourne and Up the Creek in Greenwich, London.)
As he gathers together material for his big adventure, Jacobi tracks down his comedy heroes, Ken Dodd and Woody Allen and seeks their advice and wisdom. He looks at the long tradition of British humour and looks to, among others, a Python, Eric Sykes, Frank Skinner and Steve Coogan to get their take on comedy.
Only then does he embark on his ordeal, logging - in unsparing detail - the venues, audiences, hecklers and humiliation. All the while charting his all-important material, evolving - and hopefully refining - as he travels across the country on his masochistic odyssey.

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Recensione:

"Thoughtful and successful" (DJ Taylor the Sunday Times)

"A witty and revealing account...to lament the profound embarrassment of being English" (TLS)

Descrizione del libro:

A funny book about comedy? Steven Jacobi has wrought a quiet miracle' TERRY JONES

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Arrow
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0099476630
• ISBN 13: 9780099476634
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 352