MJCCA Book Fest In Your Living Room Live Presents Judy Gold - Yes, I Can Say That Virtual Event

MJCCA Book Fest In Your Living Room Live Presents Judy Gold - Yes, I Can Say That Virtual Event

Thursday, Oct 22, 2020 8:00 PM

Location:
Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta on Zoom

From award-winning comedian Judy Gold, a concise, funny, and thoughtful polemic on the current assault on comedy, that explores how it is undermining free speech and a fundamental attack against the integrity of the art.

The author will join our partner, the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta, for a Zoom Live event to discuss “Yes, I Can Say That” on Thursday, October 22, 2020 at 8 PM (EST).

This program is presented in partnership with the JCC Literary Consortium.

Tickets options are as follows:

-Admit one for $11 (does not include a copy of the book); or 

-Admit one for $30 (includes a copy of “The College Conversation." Price covers shipping.) 

All books will be shipped after the event. Please note that USPS is experiencing delays due to the pandemic. Mailed packages may arrive several days later than usual.

About the Book

"No one makes me laugh harder than Judy Gold. If I had to pick one comedian to write a book about free speech, it would be Judy." – Amy Schumer

In “Yes, I Can Say That,” comedy veteran Judy Gold argues that "no one has the right to tell comics what they can or cannot joke about... Laughter is a unifier. It's the best medicine...” For Gold, nothing is more insidious than enforcing silence and repressing jokes—the job of a comedian is to expose society's demons, and confront them head-on, no prisoners allowed. In ten impassioned polemics, she frames comedy as a tool of empowerment, a way to reclaim hateful rhetoric and battle the democracy-crushing plight of censorship.

Uninhibited and bold, Gold is as skilled at making readers laugh as she is at exposing uncomfortable truths about our culture and society. In this era of partisan politics and gaping inequalities, “Yes, I Can Say That” is the refreshingly candid, wickedly funny and deliciously blunt manifesto we need. 

About the Author

Judy Gold is an American standup comedian, actress, television writer, and producer. She won two Daytime Emmy Awards for her work as a writer and producer on “The Rosie O’Donnell Show,” and has starred in comedy specials on HBO, Comedy Central, and Logo. She has also written and starred in two critically acclaimed, Off-Broadway hit shows: “The Judy Show―My Life as a Sitcom” and “25 Questions for a Jewish Mother” (which she performed in the MJCCA’s Morris And Rae Frank Theater). She is currently the host of the hit podcast “Kill Me Now.”