Why the French Love Jerry Lewis

Why the French Love Jerry Lewis
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Publisher : Stanford University Press
Total Pages : 300
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ISBN-10 : 0804738947
ISBN-13 : 9780804738941
Rating : 4/5 (941 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Why the French Love Jerry Lewis by : Rae Beth Gordon

Download or read book Why the French Love Jerry Lewis written by Rae Beth Gordon and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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