Enter Laughing

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Enter Laughing is a semi-autobiographical comedic novel by Carl Reiner about a young man's early struggles to break into show business.

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instanceOf novel
adaptedAs Enter Laughing (1963 stage play) NERFINISHED
Enter Laughing (1967 film) NERFINISHED
Enter Laughing: The Musical (revised stage musical) NERFINISHED
So Long, 174th Street (1976 Broadway musical) NERFINISHED
author Carl Reiner NERFINISHED
basedOn Carl Reiner's early life
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
genre comedy
semi-autobiographical fiction
hasFilmAdaptation Enter Laughing (1967 film) NERFINISHED
hasMusicalAdaptation Enter Laughing: The Musical NERFINISHED
So Long, 174th Street NERFINISHED
hasSequelOrRelatedWork Enter Laughing: The Musical NERFINISHED
hasStageAdaptation Enter Laughing (1963 play) NERFINISHED
hasSubject show business
theatre
working-class life in New York City
influenced later comedic portrayals of show business apprenticeships
language English
literaryMovement 20th-century American literature
mainCharacter David Kolowitz NERFINISHED
mediaType print
narrativePerspective first-person
notableFor humorous depiction of an aspiring actor's early career
semi-autobiographical portrayal of Carl Reiner's youth
originalPublisher G.P. Putnam's Sons NERFINISHED
publicationYear 1958
settingLocation New York City
theme Jewish-American life
aspiration to become an actor
family expectations
struggles of breaking into show business
timePeriodOfSetting 1930s

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