{"id":38070,"date":"2021-04-12T11:19:12","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T18:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebookfest.com\/?p=38070"},"modified":"2021-04-12T11:21:09","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T18:21:09","slug":"stand-up-and-heartbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebookfest.com\/stand-up-and-heartbreak\/","title":{"rendered":"Stand Up and Heartbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Stand Up & Heartbreak<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0offers a glimpse into the true life of a\u00a026-yr. old, formerly fat, budding comedienne,\u00a0in the early 1980’s in NYC.\u00a0Living in a studio apartment in Brooklyn, she moonlights as an office temp where her slimy boss charms her into his bed and then a walk down the aisle. After marriage, he becomes a stranger to her, a celibate marriage to a sex addict. Extricating herself proves more challenging than she could ever imagine. Finally, she emerges with her punchline, works to rebuild her life, renew her self-esteem, and reclaim her own sexuality.<\/p>
No one else is writing about this moment in time, right after the death of disco, from a female point of view, when women comedians were lone pioneers.\u00a0Also, it\u2019s worlds\u00a0away from today\u2019s morality and relationship priorities. Explore the uncensored struggle in the unwelcoming man’s world of stand-up comedy, brimming with rejection, sexism, bad sex, and disappointment. Because\u00a0it’s the\u00a080\u2019s there are padded shoulders, permed hair, and almost memorable music.\u00a0 Comedy at the wrong time, in a world where timing is everything.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t