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Book SynopsisA witty and provocative re-evaluation of the phenomenon known as Jerry Lewis, an accomplished yet controversial figure in American cinema.
Trade ReviewThese original, varied approaches are the heftiest appreciation of Lewis in English... Recommended. * Booklist *
A witty, provocative, and necessary re-evaluation of the phenomenon known as Jerry Lewis. I myself have loved and despised Jerry, often both at the same time; I needed this book to tell me why. -- David Cronenberg
Table of Contents1 Jerry and Me1 Whatever Happened to Jerry Lewis? "That's Amore..."2 Being Rupert Pupkin 2 Jerry Lewis, Faces Off3 Dreaming of Jerry Lewis's Arizona Dream 4 Jerry Agonistes: An Obscure Object of Critical Desire5 Flaming Creature: Jerry Lewis and Screen Performance in Hollywood or Bust 6 The Day the Clown Quit: Jerry Lewis Returns to The Jazz Singer's Roots 3 Jerry Lewis and Social Transformations7 Sex and Slapstick: The Martin and Lewis Phenomenon8 The Imbecile Chic of Jerry Lewis 9 Sick Jokes: Humor and Health in the Work of Jerry Lewis 10 The Geisha Boy: Orientalizing the Jewish Man 11 Jerry in the City: The Topology of The King of Comedy12 Terminal Idiocy (The comedian is the message)4 Jerry-Built13 "The Inner Man": Mind, Body, and Transformations of Masculinity in The Nutty Professor14 Working Hard Hardly Working: Labor and Leisure in the Films of Jerry Lewis 15 Hello Deli!: Shtick Meets Teenpic inThe Delicate Delinquent16 The Errant Boy: Morty S. Tashman and the Powers of the Tongue
