What Made Pistachio Nuts?

Early Sound Comedy and the Vaudeville Aesthetic

By:

Henry Jenkins

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Film and Culture Series

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Lively and highly readable, "What Made Pistachio Nuts?" examines what Henry Jenkins calls the anarchistic tradition in American film comedy. Anarchistic comedies of the 1930s mock the social order and celebrate the creativity and impulsiveness of their protagonists in a form of clowning that ultimately reestablishes the status quo. Jenkins focuses on well-known films such as the Marx Brothers' "Duck Soup" and W.C. Fields' "It's a Gift", as well as all-but-forgotten works like "Diplomaniacs", "Hollywood Party", "So Long Lefty", and others. He tracks the careers of the comic stars - Eddie Cantor, Winnie Lightner, W.C. Fields, Charlotte Greenwood, the Marx Brothers, and Wheeler and Woolsey - as they moved from vaudeville and the New York reviews to Hollywood.

Author Biography:

Henry Jenkins is Assistant Professor of Film and Media Studies at MIT. He is author of Textual Poachers:Television Fans and Participatory Culture. He is coauthor of The Science Fiction Audience: Dr.Who, Star Trek, and Their Fans.

Release date NZ

December 29th, 1992

Author

Henry Jenkins

Series

Film and Culture Series

Pages

416

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

World

Dimensions

167x229x24

ISBN-13

9780231078559

Product ID

25019953

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