Jerry Lewis
Chris Fujiwara
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 cinema's 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 ... Read more
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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NBC New York "Fujiwara's insights should provoke readers to reassess Lewis' considerable body of work."
Booklist "Providing a quick, clear, thoroughly analysis of an artist often ridiculed and little understood, Fujiwara establishes Lewis's themes and invention. . . . Recommended."
Choice "Excellent."
New York Times "The first extended critical treatment ... Read more