Tag: essays

Odd Woman Out: a Q&A with Melanie Chartoff

Yona Zeldis McDonough

Melanie Chartoff has worked as an actor both on and off Broadway, and she’s endeared herself to audiences with the characters she’s created on Fridays, Seinfeld, Newhart, Parker Lewis and… Read more »

The Power of Humor for Smashing the Patriarchy

Yona Zeldis McDonough

Historically, [women] haven’t been allowed to be members of the Country Clubs and smoky back rooms where real power sits. That’s the tragedy. The genius of comedy, if you can make it work, is taking tragedy and holding it up to a funhouse mirror so it’s no longer scary, but rather funny.