Anne Beatts is an American comedy writer.
Born to parents Beatts describes as "beatniks", Beatts grew to have what has been called a "aggressive, dark sensibility" which she later put to use in the world of comedy. Growing up in Somers, New York she later attended McGill University.
It was at McGill University where the Beatts discovered the darkly tragic humor of Jewish writers J. D. Salinger, Philip Roth, and Bruce Jay Friedman. At this time, ...
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Anne Beatts is an American comedy writer.
Born to parents Beatts describes as "beatniks", Beatts grew to have what has been called a "aggressive, dark sensibility" which she later put to use in the world of comedy. Growing up in Somers, New York she later attended McGill University.
It was at McGill University where the Beatts discovered the darkly tragic humor of Jewish writers J. D. Salinger, Philip Roth, and Bruce Jay Friedman. At this time, Beatts converted to Judaism.
After graduating from college, Beatts joined up with the National Lampoon. The magazine was a national offshoot of the Harvard Lampoon. Beatts brought her dark sense of humor to her work, even penning a parody ad for Volkswagen for which the magazine was later sued by the car company. The ad stated "If Ted Kennedy drove a Volkswagen, he'd be President today," which was accompanied by a photo of a VW Beetle floating in a lake (this, of course, being a reference to the Chappaquiddick incident).
Beatts became the...
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