Well known for his slapstick comedic style; Jerry Lewis has also delighted worldwide movie audiences with a directing career spanning five decades. One of American cinemas great innovators; Lewis made unmistakably personal films that often focused on an ideal masculine image and an anarchic; manic acting out of the inability to assume this image. Films such as The Bellboy; The Errand Boy; Three on a Couch; and The Big Mouth present a series of thematic variations on this tension; in which such questions as how to be a man; how to be popular; and how to maintain relationships are posed within frameworks that set up a liberating and exhilarating confusion of roles and norms. The Nutty Professor and The Patsy are especially profound and painful examinations of the difficulty experienced by Lewiss character in reconciling loving himself and being loved by others.With sharp; concise observations; Chris Fujiwara examines this visionary director of self-referential comedic masterpieces. The book also includes an enlightening interview with Lewis that offers unique commentary on the creation and study of comedy.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Not in same league as Tess Duberville.By bambooI would give any novel Thomas Hardy wrote at least three stars just for his superb language. his historical accuracy. and his enthralling portrait of Wessex. But the characters in this novel just dont compel empathy (e.g. the Festus Derriman character is too decerebrate to take seriously and Anne Garland proves as decisive as the princess bride). At the end of the day. the story is about as effective as Napoleons invasion of England.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Historical HardyBy PhedippidesThomas Hardys historical novel about the Napoleonic threat to Britain in the early Nineteenth Century. The time different. the feeling of impending war. disruption of normal life. and yet human life proceeds. is always contemporary. Just a beautiful story of people that so real you miss them at the end.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Love all Thomas Hardy books but this one is taking ...By D. ShorttLove all Thomas Hardy books but this one is taking a long time to get through. I am enjoying it anyway because of his descriptive writing. I can "see" the scenery and people.
