Don't Get Me Started - Rilegato

Clinton, Kate

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ISBN 10: 0345388879 ISBN 13: 9780345388872

Casa editrice: Ballantine Books, 1998

Riassunto

Featured on national television and the star of her own one-woman show, the self-described "fumerist"--feminist-cum-humorist--applies her wry wit to such topics as being gay, national politics, Jewishness, and commercial mascots in her first book.

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Informazioni sull?autore

A self-described fumerist (feminist/humorist), Kate Clinton taught English for eight years before a writing workshop and improvisational class convinced her that her political views deserved a public hearing. She quit teaching, took a job as a window washer, and started her professional stand-up career in 1981, using politics, Catholicism, and her lesbianism as basic themes. She performs one-woman shows across the country and writes columns for the Progressive and the Advocate. She has appeared on Arsenio Hall, Good Morning America, Nightline, CNN, C-Span, and many other places. Although she has four comedy albums to her credit, Don't Get Me Started is her first book.

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e thing straight. I'm not. And yes, my brother is Bill Clinton. But not the Bill Clinton. These two guys are very different. For one, whenever I hear President Bill speak--on gays in the military, healthcare reform--I hear that sound trucks make when they're backing up.

I was born on the cusp of Title IX, at a time when the sports pages claimed only men played sports. When people ask where I got my comedy training, I tell them teaching high school English. I began performing stand-up in 1981, the same year Ronald Reagan began his comedy. I never got used to saying President Ronald Reagan. It was like saying President Merv Griffin. Reagan wasn't so much a president as the host. He was having such a good time playing president and going on vacation that he decided to run again.

I'm out and proud. When I'm out and it's raining I carry an umbrella. I used to be in but I hate the smell of moth balls. My closet was huge, complete with a foyer, turnstile, a few locks,

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Ballantine Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0345388879
• ISBN 13: 9780345388872
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 199
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile