Notes From the Bathroom Line

Notes from the Bathroom Line: Humor, Art, and Low-grade Panic from 150 of the Funniest Women in Comedy by Amy Solomon

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


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I listened to the audio version of this. It was over six hours in length and I laughed once. Given this is billed as humour from 150 of the funniest women in comedy, these women need to do a bit of work on their material. To be fair, however, I wasn't the intended audience. This book is directed toward Gen-Z and late stage millennial women who are attuned to movie and television culture. If you don't fall into that group you may want to take a pass on this one. Many of the references to, presumably actors or media people of some sort went right over my head as I'd never heard of them. Likewise various musical groups were referenced I was unfamiliar with, so I think you need to be attuned both to the cultural and demographic niche targeted by these women to really enjoy the book and its humour. That's the problem with writing humour. If your audience is not on the same wavelength it doesn't work very well.



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