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Tickled Pink: A Comic Novel
Tickled Pink: A Comic Novel
Tickled Pink: A Comic Novel
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Tickled Pink: A Comic Novel

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Mindy Solomon absolutely has to leave Miami. Florida is bad for her head and her hair. She dreams of a dancing career on Broadway and moves to New York, but after a string of failures and mishaps, she realizes that she needs to rethink her grand plan. Finding herself spending way too much time in the comedy club where her future ex-boyfriend works, she nervously goes up onstage one night. People laugh. Not in the places where Mindy thought they'd laugh, but hey, it's a start.
Mindy and her friend Ursula Duran, a man-magnet model-slash-actress-slash-deeply troubled woman, soon embark on a wild ride that ricochets from New York's East Side Hotel for Women to the comedy circuit, auditions, photo shoots, film premieres, cable TV specials, Hollywood studios, late-night TV talk shows, and beyond. Surrounded by sleazy agents, sleazier lovers, and Ursula's even sleazier mother, the two find that life writes a few punch lines they weren't expecting...but through it all, they somehow manage to have the last laugh.
Rita Rudner has crafted a debut novel that is not just funny, but moving and insightful. With its insider's viewpoint of the world of stand-up comedy, Tickled Pink is also, at its core, a touching tale of love, loss, female friendship, and forgiveness.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherAtria Books
Release dateNov 17, 2001
ISBN9780743451352
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Rita Rudner

Rita Rudner is one of the funniest women in America. Her previous book, Naked Beneath My Clothes (1992) was a New York Times bestseller. This is her first novel.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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    Like the author, Mindy Solomon leaves Miami to become a dancer in New York and eventually goes into stand-up comedy. I don't know if the real Rita knew people like the rest of the characters in the book - the gorgeous Ursula, her savvy mother Eva, various players in the comedy world and evil Hollywood. I've seen Rudner live, and reading this book is like sitting down with an old friend who has some wild stories to tell.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    The subtitle, "A Comic Novel," should have been left off the cover. I was expecting a laugh-a-minute romp, which this is not. It's the story of two girls who run away to New York to make a better life for themselves: Mindy the dancer-turned-comedian (more or less Rudner in disguise) and Ursula the ubergorgeous model. There is quite a bit of humor, mainly in the form of one-liners, most of which are likely far funnier on stage than in print. Most of the drama comes from misunderstandings and people not talking to each other, which is a pet peeve of mine when it comes to plot devices. The final few chapters felt forced, as if Rudner got stuck and decided she needed a disaster or two in order to wrap things up. It's not a bad book, just not a very good one. I suppose die-hard fans of Rudner's stand-up comedy may enjoy this (and indeed, her routines are pretty funny), but readers unfamiliar with her will probably want to pass this one by.
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