Why the French Love Jerry Lewis: From Cabaret to Early Cinema

by Rae Beth Gordon

Book Overview

Vividly bringing to light the tradition of physical comedy in the French cabaret, caf -concert, and early French film comedy, this book answers the perplexing question, "Why do the French love Jerry Lewis?" The extraordinary emphasis on nervous pathology in the Parisian caf -concert, where the genres of the Epileptic Singer and the Idiot Comic took center stage, and where popular comic monologues and songs included "Man with a Tic" and "I'm Neurasthenic,"...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804738947
• ISBN13: 9780804738941
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"