Download or read book Laughing in the Dark written by Laurie Stone and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last ten years, a new generation of daring and thoughtful stand-up comics and performance artists has emerged--innovators with the courage to take a bead on our latest herd of sacred cows. "Laughing in the Dark" brings together a decade of Stone's best essays, reviews, and interviews from "The Village Voice", featuring a cutting-edge look at the seismic changes in American comedy via the impressions of such comedic stars as Dennis Miller, Tim Allen, Rose O'Donnell, and Tracey Ullman.