{"product_id":"you-are-tearing-me-apart-lisa-9780253062727","title":"You Are Tearing Me Apart Lisa","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe enjoy laughing at \u003ci\u003eThe Room\u003c\/i\u003e, but to stop there would reflect poorly on us as an audience. Something so singular and immense deserves loving attention and careful study, and that's what we find in this rich and delightful collection of essays.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Matthew Strohl, author of Why It's OK to Love Bad Movies, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Montana\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Let's Toss the Ball Around, by Adam Rosen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Cliché and Convention, Misapplied\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e1. Chris-R's Gun: \u003ci\u003eThe Room\u003c\/i\u003e as an Unconscious Parody of Hollywood Film Conventions, by Carter Soles\u003cbr\u003e2. Do You Understand Life? Do You? Tommy Wiseau and the Anti-Method Acting Style, by James Curnow\u003cbr\u003e3. \"She Can't Love Anyone\": The Evil Women and Tormented Men of \u003ci\u003eThe Room\u003c\/i\u003e, by Lenika Cruz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Unlocking\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e The Room\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e4. Is \u003ci\u003eThe Room\u003c\/i\u003e Worse than \u003ci\u003eVertigo\u003c\/i\u003e? The Aesthetic Philosophy of \"So Bad it's Good\", by James MacDowell\u003cbr\u003e5. Everybody Betray Me! Revenge, Reverse Revenge, and Slave Morality in \u003ci\u003eThe Room\u003c\/i\u003e, by John Dyck\u003cbr\u003e6. Anything for My Princess: Using \u003ci\u003eDon Quixote\u003c\/i\u003e to Bring (Some) Coherence to \u003ci\u003eThe Room\u003c\/i\u003e, by Adam Rosen\u003cbr\u003e7. Crypto-Wiseaulogy: Uncovering Stanley Kubrick, Jewishness, and Judaism in \u003ci\u003eThe Room\u003c\/i\u003e, by Nathan Abrams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Cult and the (Class)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoom\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e8. I Just Like to Watch You Guys: How Screenings of \u003ci\u003eThe Room\u003c\/i\u003e Give People Permission to Perform, by Ellen Wright\u003cbr\u003e9. \u003ci\u003eThe Room\u003c\/i\u003e in the Classroom: How I Use a Bad Movie to Teach Good Filmmaking, by Ross Morin\u003cbr\u003e10. For the Love of Cult, Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Build My Own Screening of \u003ci\u003eThe Room\u003c\/i\u003e, by Amanda Ann Klein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Fan Reception\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e11. How Can They Say This About Me? Riffing Johnny, Lisa, and Denny in Online Homebrew Commentaries of \u003ci\u003eThe Room\u003c\/i\u003e, by Matt Foy\u003cbr\u003e12. \"Can We Please Not Talk about James Franco?\": How \u003ci\u003eThe Disaster Artist\u003c\/i\u003e Threatened \u003ci\u003eThe Room\u003c\/i\u003e's Fanbase, by John Donegan\u003cbr\u003e13. I'm Tired, I'm Wasted: \u003ci\u003eThe Room\u003c\/i\u003e as a Waste of Time, by Ernest Mathijs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: Constructing Tommy Wiseau\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e14. Oh Man, I Just Can't Figure You Out: Building the Persona of Tommy Wiseau through \u003ci\u003eThe Disaster Artist\u003c\/i\u003e, by Hario Satrio Priambodho\u003cbr\u003e15. I'm an American, Just Like You: \u003ci\u003eThe Room\u003c\/i\u003e and American Cinema, Identity, and Masculinity, by Landon Palmer\u003cbr\u003e16. To Err Is Human, to Auteur, Divine: Tommy Wiseau as Auteur, by Renee Middlemost\u003cbr\u003e17. I Don't Have a Friend in the World: The Lonely Authenticity of Tommy Wiseau, by Keith Kahn-Harris\u003cbr\u003eWorks Cited\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400617369943,"sku":"9780253062727","price":16.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253062727.jpg?v=1730471122","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/you-are-tearing-me-apart-lisa-9780253062727","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}