Beth Lapides on Self-Esteem

A Funny Thing Happened

By Beth Lapides
O, The Oprah Magazine | From the January 2008 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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Beth Lapides describes the hit her self-esteem took when making the leap from performance art to stand-up comedy.

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