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Summary: Not that funny....
Review: I bought this because I like the author, I have read other books written by her. This book was not at all engaging, I lost interest in it within the first few pages, so I skipped through to find anything at all interesting, but it was all the same. The humor in it was fairly dry, so it sits in my magazine rack by the toilet collecting dust...
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Summary: THE classic book on humor and women
Review: I was assigned this book in a class a couple years ago, and I have kept read it every couple of years to give me a boost and to remind me of what a powerful force humor can be. The examples are terrific and actually useful. The writing can be appreciated by a reader from high school age through assisted-living age...it is not a book just for a small group but for everybody. For women who like to laugh this book comes close to being perfect. The jokes about sex are worth the price!
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Summary: Snow White
Review: Not only can Barreca take a joke, she can masterfully script her own making the reader laugh out loud at the comedy and complexity of the gender roles - both male and female - we think we lead, but which in fact often lead us. In "They Used To Call Me Snow White... But I Drifted" Barreca makes public many of the private joys, hypocrisies and trials of women's humor in an honest and frank manner. But make no mistake: behind her comfortable writing style lies a poignancy, wit and substance that raises the stakes. Reading "Snow White" is like sitting down at the kitchen table with your funniest (and smartest) aunt and being let in on all of life's best and naughtiest secrets. Simply put, Regina Barreca gets it.
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Summary: Not that funny....
Review: On this positive side, Barreca writes well. She can hold the reader's interest.On the negative side, I found her comments fairly conventional, relating to disparities in power, initiative, vision, and subversion through humor, including sexual humor exchanged between women. And just as in "men's humor," not that much was funny. It was just sort of American. And, of course, or coarse, if one objects or is bored, would that be another indicator of a disparity in power and subversion?
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Summary: Well written, but fairly conventional...and not that funny
Review: On this positive side, Barreca writes well. She can hold the reader's interest. On the negative side, I found her comments fairly conventional, relating to disparities in power, initiative, vision, and subversion through humor, including sexual humor exchanged between women. And just as in "men's humor," not that much was funny. It was just sort of American. And, of course, or coarse, if one objects or is bored, would that be another indicator of a disparity in power and subversion?
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Summary: Snow White
Review: This well written (and hilarious) book instructs women to unveil and unleash their humor in the real world. Barreca maintains that the demure Mona Lisa style of humor is no longer sufficient--if it ever was.. With the increased number of women in the workplace, this book has particular value for changing work climate. Women's open laughter and humor can improve the connection, perspective, and creativity at work. A must read for women....and men.
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