Why the French Love Jerry Lewis

From Cabaret to Early Cinema

Autori

• Rae Beth Gordon

Parametri

• 300 pagine
• 11 ore di lettura

• Saggistica
• Scienze sociali
• Storia della letteratura
• Sulla letteratura

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Vividly bringing to light the tradition of physical comedy in the French cabaret, cafe-concert, and early French film comedy, this book answers the perplexing question, "Why do the French love Jerry Lewis?" It shows how Lewis touches a nerve in the French cultural memory because, more than any other film comic, he incarnates a distinctively French tradition of performance style."

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2001

(In brossura)