Enfant Terrible!: Jerry Lewis in American FilmMurray Pomerance NYU Press, 2002 - 274 pages The one thing everybody knows about Jerry Lewis is that he is beloved by the French, those incomprehensible hedonistic strangers across the sea. The French understand him, while in the U.S. he is at best a riddle, not one of us. Lewis is someone we take profound pleasure in excluding, if not ridiculing. |
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... become widely recognized, while far too much of Lewis's screen accomplishment has been taken completely for granted not only by the public but also by an aggressively hostile critical establishment. I think there are three genuine ...
... become vital and necessary, from a sociological posture, a psychoanalytic posture, a postmodern posture, an ideological posture, even from just an informed cocoon of enjoyment, to look at this fascinating body of film—the choreographic ...
... become a viewer and to take pleasure in knowing that many of Lewis's films are at least in current video release. The frontispiece images with each chapter are intended not so much as documentations as clues. Lewis is a INTRODUCTION 15.
... become virtually taboo because he had treated the crippled and handicapped as ridiculous rather than pitiful. His defense by European snobs who typically like only what Americans despise proved to be a kiss of death. Moreover, his ...
... become saints or kings; nor can they be convincingly portrayed as overthrowing a tyrant and freeing his oppressed ... become or at least seem to become by finding the right style of dress or WHATEVER HAPPENED TO JERRY LEWIS? 23.
Contents
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3 Jerry Lewis and Social Transformations | 107 |
4 JerryBuilt | 193 |
Works Cited | 256 |
Contributors | 265 |
Index | 269 |