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Funny As: The Story of New Zealand Comedy

By Paul Horan , Philip Matthews

Book information

Publisher
Auckland University Press
ISBN
1869409000, 978-1869409005
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
24 MB (25249833 bytes)
Edition
Original retail
Pages
336\0
Time added
2019-08-02 09:46:53
comedy

Description

A big, authoritative, hilarious illustrated account of New Zealand's funniest comedians. From the Kiwi Concert Party to The Topp Twins, Billy T. James to Rose Matafeo, Fred Dagg to Flight of the Conchords and Taika Waititi, New Zealanders have made each other laugh in ways distinctive to these islands. Funny As tells the story of comedy in this country through more than 300 pictures and an engaging text based on over 100 interviews with our best comedians. Published alongside a major TVNZ documentary series at a time when comedy has never been bigger, the book takes us inside the comedy clubs, cabarets and television studios where comedians work; it charts the rise of cartoons and skits, parody and stand-up; it introduces us to how New Zealand's funniest men and women have made sense (and nonsense) out of this country's changing culture and society. Funny As is the authoritative, hilarious story of New Zealand comedy.

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