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...Carol Leifer, a blond with a flexible voice and metronomic timing, complains that her ex-husband tricked her into marrying him. "He told me I was pregnant...
...Leifer has a wide range of sauciness and satire. Her routines prove that contemporary female comics are secure enough to lampoon other women, especially fast-track yuppettes: "Hi! I just had a baby an hour ago, and I'm back at work already. And while I was delivering, I took a seminar on tax- shelter options...
...postfeminist era, however, women's issues are not always Topic A. Today's female comics, says Leifer, also perform "material that a man could do." A case in point is Boosler on airline absurdities, doing an Alan King staple her way: "The pilot says, 'We are currently hurtling through the air at 500 m.p.h. Please feel free to move about the cabin.' Then you land. You're rolling to the gate at 1 m.p.h. and you hear: 'You must remain seated for your own safety! Sit down!' I'm wondering, could we take off again? I need my coat from...
...Editor) Researchers: Dorothy Affa Ames, Martha Bardach, Sarah Buffum, Stanley Kayne, Paula Hornak Kellner, Gary Roberts, Nancy Smith-Alam, Melanie Stephens, Robert B. Stevens, Eleanor Taylor, Karen Zakrison Photographers: Terry Ashe, P.F. Bentley, William Campbell, Rudi Frey, Dirck Halstead, Cynthia Johnson, Peter Jordan, Shelly Katz, David Hume Kennerly, Neil Leifer, Steve Liss, Robin Moyer, Carl Mydans, James Nachtwey, Matthew Naythons, Chris Niedenthal, David Rubinger, Antonio Suarez, Ted Thai, Diana Walker...
...Editor) Researchers: Dorothy Affa Ames, Martha Bardach, Sarah Buffum, Stanley Kayne, Paula Hornak Kellner, Gary Roberts, Nancy Smith-Alam, Melanie Stephens, Robert B. Stevens, Eleanor Taylor, Karen Zakrison Photographers: Terry Ashe, P.F. Bentley, William Campbell, Rudi Frey, Dirck Halstead, Cynthia Johnson, Peter Jordan, Shelly Katz, David Hume Kennerly, Neil Leifer, Steve Liss, Robin Moyer, Carl Mydans, James Nachtwey, Matthew Naythons, Chris Niedenthal, David Rubinger, Antonio Suarez, Ted Thai, Diana Walker...