The Comic Offense from Vaudeville to Contemporary Comedy examines how contemporary writer/performers are influenced by the comedic vaudevillians of the early 20th century. By tracing the history and legacy of the vaudeville era and performance acts, like the Marx Brothers and The Three Keatons, and moving through the silent and early sound films of the early 1930s, the author looks at how comic writer/performers continue to sell a brand of themselves as a form of social commentary in order to confront and dispel stereotypes of race, class, and gender.
The first study to explore contemporary popular comic culture and its influence on American society from this unique perspective, Rick DesRochers analyzes stand-up and improvisational comedy writing/performing in the work of Larry David, Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert, and Dave Chappelle. He grounds these choices by examining their evolution as they developed signature characters and sketches for their respective shows Curb Your Enthusiasm, 30 Rock, The Colbert Report, and Chappelle's Show.
Автор: Deiro Guido Roberto Название: Mae West and the Count: Love and Loss on the Vaudeville Stage ISBN: 1977210643 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781977210647 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 5437.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Mae West & The Count takes you inside Mae's relationship with the man who launched her career and stole her heart. Set in the first half of the 20th Century, this is the heretofore untold story of the torrid romance, lust-filled five-year marriage, and entwined show business careers of the Vaudeville headliner "Deiro" and the "Queen of Camp" Mae West. Unpublicized by mutual agreement, the improbable, humorous, and often heartbreaking, personal and professional relationship between the Italian nobleman, who rose to "rock-star" fame, and the Brooklyn-born fifth-grade dropout who became a show business legend and an icon of sexual freedom, is intimately and elegantly exposed in this volume. "I couldn't help myself - "D" was an amazing lover. The sex thing was terrific with this guy. I wanted to do it morning, noon and night, and that's all I wanted to do. " -Mae West, Goodness Had Nothing to Do With It (1959). "It went very deep, hittin' on all the emotions. You can't get too hot over anybody unless there's somethin' that goes along with the sex act, can you?" -Mae West, Goodness Had Nothing to Do With It (1959).
Автор: , Sd Trav Название: Rose`s Royal Midgets and Other Little People of Vaudeville ISBN: 0578847078 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780578847078 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 5508.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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This is the Limited Edition, Hardcover, and Color Version of the book.
The name Rose's Royal Midgets held an important place at theatres, circuses and fairgrounds across three continents a century ago, even if each component of the troupe's name crumbles into dust by light of day ("Rose" was a pseudonym", the company held no Royal patent, and the word "midget" has passed out of use in polite society). This large touring production of Little People was the creation of one of show biz history's great impresarios, Ike Rose, now forgotten but once in a league with names like Barnum and Ziegfeld as men who delivered full value for the price of a ticket. Peruse these pages for a glimpse into a vanished world, one as cynical as it was magical, but one that was also always fascinating.
The Comic Offense from Vaudeville to Contemporary Comedy examines how contemporary writer/performers are influenced by the comedic vaudevillians of the early 20th century. By tracing the history and legacy of the vaudeville era and performance acts, like the Marx Brothers and The Three Keatons, and moving through the silent and early sound films of the early 1930s, the author looks at how comic writer/performers continue to sell a brand of themselves as a form of social commentary in order to confront and dispel stereotypes of race, class, and gender.
The first study to explore contemporary popular comic culture and its influence on American society from this unique perspective, Rick DesRochers analyzes stand-up and improvisational comedy writing/performing in the work of Larry David, Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert, and Dave Chappelle. He grounds these choices by examining their evolution as they developed signature characters and sketches for their respective shows Curb Your Enthusiasm, 30 Rock, The Colbert Report, and Chappelle's Show.
Автор: Deiro Guido Roberto Название: Mae West and the Count: Love and Loss on the Vaudeville Stage ISBN: 1977207405 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781977207401 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 3082.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание:
Mae West & The Count takes you inside Mae's relationship with the man who launched her career and stole her heart.
Set in the first half of the 20th Century, this is the heretofore untold story of the torrid romance, lust-filled five-year marriage, and entwined show business careers of the Vaudeville headliner "Deiro" and the "Queen of Camp" Mae West.
Unpublicized by mutual agreement, the improbable, humorous, and often heartbreaking, personal and professional relationship between the Italian nobleman, who rose to "rock-star" fame, and the Brooklyn-born fifth-grade dropout who became a show business legend and an icon of sexual freedom, is intimately and elegantly exposed in this volume.
"I couldn't help myself - "D" was an amazing lover. The sex thing was terrific with this guy. I wanted to do it morning, noon and night, and that's all I wanted to do. " -Mae West, Goodness Had Nothing to Do With It (1959).
"It went very deep, hittin' on all the emotions. You can't get too hot over anybody unless there's somethin' that goes along with the sex act, can you?" -Mae West, Goodness Had Nothing to Do With It (1959).
Introduction.- Prologue. Becoming a Character Comedian.- Part I. 1915 - A Momentous Year.- 1. Confronting Florenz Ziegfeld.- 2. Pool Sharks and His Lordship's Dilemma.- Part II. The Beleagered Sportsman.- 3. Spoofing Croquet.- 4. Lampooning Tennis.- 5. The Frustrated Duffer.- Part III. Entr'actes.- 6. The Three Musketeers.- 7. Bessie and Hattie.- 8. Fields's Well Never Went Dry.- 9. From the Midnight Frolic to the Front Lines.- Part IV. Lampooning the Dysfuntional Family.- 10. The Flivertons.- 11. The Breakup with Ziegfeld.- Part V. Broadway Stardom.- 12. Oh, what a Scandal!.- 13. "Confidence Man of the Ages".- 14. Two Legendary Iconolasts Converge.- 15. The Comic Supplement.- 16. A Follies Farewell.- Epilogue. Fields Encounters D. W. Griffith.- Appendix. The Ziegfeld Mystique.
Автор: Bullock Darryl W. Название: The Infamous Cherry Sisters: The Worst ACT in Vaudeville ISBN: 1476675562 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781476675565 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 6653.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Raised in poverty, the Cherry Sisters had little education and no training. But they possessed a desire to take to the stage and show the world what they could do - and what they could do was awful. Their unique act was ""so bad it was good"". This book follows the five women through their forty-year career in vaudeville theatres across the US.
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