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Why the French Love Jerry Lewis
From Cabaret to Early Cinema
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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."
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Why the French Love Jerry Lewis, Rae Beth Gordon
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- Released
- 2001
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- (Paperback)
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- Title
- Why the French Love Jerry Lewis
- Subtitle
- From Cabaret to Early Cinema
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Rae Beth Gordon
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Released
- 2001
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 300
- ISBN10
- 0804738947
- ISBN13
- 9780804738941
- Series
- Tags
- Literary History
- Rating
- 3.45 out of 5
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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."