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== Behind the Laughter == | == Behind the Laughter == | ||
| − | *The book's subject, Gloria M. Stein, is a pun on feminist writer [[Gloria Steinem]]. | + | *The book's subject, Gloria M. Stein, is a pun on feminist writer [[Gloria Steinem]] (her middle initial is also M for Marie). |
*The author of the forward, Andrew Dice Klay, is a play on comedian and actor {{W|Andrew Dice Clay}}. | *The author of the forward, Andrew Dice Klay, is a play on comedian and actor {{W|Andrew Dice Clay}}. | ||
*Andrew Dice Clay's comedy act has been labeled sexist and misogynistic and has drawn criticism from feminist and women's rights groups. It is therefore ironic for the sound-a-like Klay to be credited with writing the foreword for a biography of a Gloria Steinem sound-a-like, as in real life it is likely that neither Clay nor Steinem would consent to such an arrangement. | *Andrew Dice Clay's comedy act has been labeled sexist and misogynistic and has drawn criticism from feminist and women's rights groups. It is therefore ironic for the sound-a-like Klay to be credited with writing the foreword for a biography of a Gloria Steinem sound-a-like, as in real life it is likely that neither Clay nor Steinem would consent to such an arrangement. | ||
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The Gloria M. Stein Story is a biography with a foreword by Andrew Dice Klay. Lisa owns a copy.
Behind the Laughter[edit]
- The book's subject, Gloria M. Stein, is a pun on feminist writer Gloria Steinem (her middle initial is also M for Marie).
- The author of the forward, Andrew Dice Klay, is a play on comedian and actor Andrew Dice Clay.
- Andrew Dice Clay's comedy act has been labeled sexist and misogynistic and has drawn criticism from feminist and women's rights groups. It is therefore ironic for the sound-a-like Klay to be credited with writing the foreword for a biography of a Gloria Steinem sound-a-like, as in real life it is likely that neither Clay nor Steinem would consent to such an arrangement.
