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About the Fired! ProjectAbout | Synopsis of Reviews | Praise
About the Fired ProjectAnnabelle and the Fired! project have been featured in media as varied as The Today Show, Fox and Friends, CNN in the Money to Show Biz Tonight, Oprah Magazine, Jane, MSNBC, Talk of The Nation and Marketlplace on NPR, Psychology Today, The New York Times, Business Week, Glamour, IN Style, Entertainment Weekly, and People, and spawned contests all over the country, as well as inspiring her documentary film also titled Fired! Time Magazine has just cited Annabelle in it’s 10 Ideas that are changing the World Issue as the person to know for her documentary film.
Fired made it’s premiere at South by SouthWest Film Festival and played The Aspen Comedy Festival, Provincetown Film festival, San Francisco Documentary Festival, Palm Beach Jewish Festival, Vancover Jewish Film Festival, Washington DC Jewish Literary Festival, TMN in Canada, Yes Network in Isreal, and has even been translated into Chinese. Synopsis of ReviewsWhen actress Annabelle Gurwitch was fired from a play by Woody Allen she wondered how she would cope with being fired by a cultural icon. Turning to friends in show business she was assured she was not alone. Once the subject had been broached, everyone she knew from her rabbi and gynecologists to her colleagues had advice and their own accounts of getting the boot to offer. This set her off on a journey to answer the question: was being fired going to be the best thing or worst thing that had happened in her working life. As she was writing the book she became interested in the downsizings occurring all over the country. She began researching and traveling the country, interviewing people as diverse as Tim Allen, Sarah Silverman, Jeff Garlin, Anne Meara, David Cross and GM workers in Lansing, Michigan whose perspectives ranged from the tragically comedic to proving that old adage when one door closes another door opens, to the just plain tragic. Annabelle attended job fairs, received "outplacement services", interviewed human resource directors, downsizers, and the downsized who were seeking new jobs. Her journey took her to the office of Robert Reich, former Labor Secretary under President Clinton, and to economist Ben Stein who spoke to her of the growing insecurity the American worker faces today and the incredible inequities being created through corporate and goverment policies affecting every working or as the case may be, not working American. Praise for Annabelle Gurwitch's Fired!"Been canned lately? Take solace from others who've been there in Fired!" "Fired! proves that sometimes the best revenge is losing well." "It's a great idea for a book, because getting fired is the perfect catalyst for "People need to hear these stories. It's the best kind of comedy -- rooted in empathy and with a serious point. Gurwitch is funny and engergic, you root for her." --Cox News Service "Gurwitch has transformed her misery into a wonderfully hot and sour chicken soup for the laid off soul" "In the end, Gurwitch has the last laugh. That's the kind of story every pink-slipped employee needs to hear." "A hilarious new book. 'Fired!' has deservedly received great press since its release last month. It's very cathartic and funny" "Funny, poignant and smart" "A frank and funny look at downsizing and job loss" "Entertaining and slyly subversive"
"It's the best kind of comedy -- rooted in empathy and with a serious point. Gurwitch is funny and energetic, you root for her." "Fired is nothing to dismiss. Annabelle Gurwitch has turned lemons into a sweet shot of lemonade and there’s a lesson in there everyone." "Hilarious while remaining understated and intelligent"-- |
