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Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Individual actors & performers
In this book, Lorraine York examines the figure of the celebrity
who expresses discomfort with his or her intense condition of
social visibility. Bringing together the fields of celebrity
studies and what Ann Cvetkovich has called the "affective turn in
cultural studies", York studies the mixed affect of reluctance, as
it is performed by public figures in the entertainment industries.
Setting aside the question of whether these performances are
offered "in good faith" or not, York theorizes reluctance as the
affective meeting ground of seemingly opposite emotions:
disinclination and inclination. The figures under study in this
book are John Cusack, Robert De Niro, and Daniel Craig-three white,
straight, cis-gendered-male cinematic stars who have persistently
and publicly expressed a feeling of reluctance about their
celebrity. York examines how the performance of reluctance, which
is generally admired in celebrities, builds up cultural prestige
that can then be turned to other purposes.
This is a story covering 37 years in television broadcasting
including 29 years at the ABC Television Network. It's a story
about the broadcast of major events ranging from The Super Bowl and
The Olympics to the accident at Three Mile Island. It's about the
efforts to get the broadcast back on the air at The 1989 World
Series after The San Francisco Earthquake hit disrupting the
coverage. It tells what was involved in getting those unforgettable
images of Captain John Testrake being interviewed on the tarmac of
Beirut Airport while a terrorist waved his pistol behind the
Captain's head during the hijacking of TWA Flight 847. Learn what
went on behind the scenes to bring those events to your home. Learn
about the obstacles that had to be overcome; the hard work, the
zany antics and the triumphs of the people who worked behind the
cameras and microphones to get those broadcasts on the air and
bring those images to America and the world.
One of the most significant contributors to the early years of the
motion picture industry, Harold Lloyd was also a shrewd businessman
and became the wealthiest man in Hollywood at the peak of his
career. Perhaps more than any other major star of the silent era,
his characters mirrored his times and captivated his
contemporaries. His experiments with camera placement and motion
were vital to the evolution of filmmaking techniques. This book
includes a short biography of Lloyd and detailed information about
all of his performances. The biography overviews his childhood, his
adolescent stage career, his work in silent and talking pictures,
his family life, and the work of his major contemporaries. A
chapter on his film work includes entries for all of his shorts and
features, including cameo roles and newsreels. Other chapters
describe Lloyd's radio and television work, sheet music and
recordings inspired by his films, and his many awards and honors.
An annotated bibliography cites books, magazines, newspapers, oral
histories, and interviews. Eleven photographs illustrate his work.
Ann Sheridan came to Hollywood in 1933 as a finalist in a beauty
contest, a publicity stunt for Paramount's "Search for Beauty." Of
the 30 contestants who appeared in the picture and the 6 finalists
whom Paramount put under contract, she was the only one to achieve
stardom. Her films included "Angels with Dirty Faces" (1938), "They
Drive by Night" (1940), "Kings RoW" (1942), and "Come Next Spring"
(1956). Through the years, she appeared on stage and on many radio
and television programs. As with her film career, her broadcasting
work was diverse, including appearances in dramas, comedies, talk
shows, variety revues, and game shows. In 1965 she joined the cast
of "Another World," thus becoming one of the first movie stars to
appear in a soap opera. Her role led to a prime time series, the
situation comedy "Pistols 'n' Petticoats" (1966-1967). She died
during production.
This reference book chronicles Ann Sheridan's fascinating life
and career. The volume begins with a biography that traces her rise
to stardom and her many successes in the entertainment world. A
chronology then summarizes the most important events in her life.
The chapters that follow provide detailed information for her work
in films, radio, and television. Entries are provided for each of
her performances, with each entry giving cast and credit
information, a plot summary, excerpts from reviews, and critical
commentary. The book also includes information about recordings of
Sheridan's songs, the various awards and honors that she won, and
magazine covers on which she appeared. The volume also presents an
extensive annotated bibliography of works about Sheridan and lists
sources of archival material.
George Henry Newton had a dream. His dream was to get out of Zion,
Nevis. The village was poverty stricken. He ventured abroad and
entered the United States. He became a soldier and fought in
W.W.II. Fortunately, he escaped the ravages of the battle field.
During the post war years, he acquired a career, raised his family,
made his mark but became victim of a dependency. He died at age
fifty four, but his eldest son did not let his legacy die with him.
This book theorizes auteur Robert Lepage's scenography-based
approach to adapting canonical texts. Lepage's technique is defined
here as 'scenographic dramaturgy', a process and product that
de-privileges dramatic text and relies instead on evocative, visual
performance and intercultural collaboration to re-envision extant
plays and operas. Following a detailed analysis of Lepage's
adaptive process and its place in the continuum of scenic writing
and auteur theatre, this book features four case studies charting
the role of Lepage's scenographic dramaturgy in re-'writing' extant
texts, including Shakespeare's Tempest on Huron-Wendat territory,
Stravinsky's Nightingale in a twenty-seven ton pool, and Wagner's
Ring cycle via the infamous, sixteen-million-dollar Metropolitan
Opera production. The final case study offers the first
interrogation of Lepage's twenty-first century 'auto-adaptations'
of his own seminal texts, The Dragons' Trilogy and Needles &
Opium. Though aimed at academic readers, this book will also appeal
to practitioners given its focus on performance-making, adaptation
and intercultural collaboration.
The summer of 1938 was a pivotal year for baseball and American
history. In that same year, John Jordon "Buck" O'Neil, was a rookie
first baseman playing his first season in the Negro American
League. Born in Carrabelle, Florida, raised in Sarasota and
nicknamed Buck, it had taken five years and five different teams
before the Kansas City, Monarchs finally signed O'Neil to a
contract. Before he could get the starting assignment, though,
O'Neil had to dethrone one of the Negro Leagues' hardest hitting
first basemen, Eldridge Mayweather. In 1938, a time when
African-American hall of fame ballplayers worth millions could be
purchased for pennies on the dollar, times were hard and the
baseball was tough. Kansas City's Monarchs were a blend of youth
and maturity, and one of the best teams in the Negro American
League. Oddly, Kansas City, in spite of winning records against
every team in the Negro American League, failed to win the
first-half or second-half pennant. For the first time ever John
"Buck" O'Neil, Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe and James "Gabby" Kemp
and many others are united together to speak on this celebrated
season. With interviews from Monarchs' players Willard "Sonny"
Brown, Newt Allen and Byron "Mex" Johnson and many others readers
are taken on a road trip around America. Along the way readers,
just as the team did in 1938, come in contact with segregation and
racism as the book helps everyone to relive the glory days of the
Negro Baseball Leagues. Illustrated with over forty historic
photographs, John "Buck" O'Neil, the rookie, the man, the lagacy
1938 is a welcome addition to every baseball fans reading list.
In here is an offering. An offering designed to enlighten and
inspire anyone who is on the less traveled road laid out by the 12
steps of recovery. I say less traveled because the numbers of true
recoverees is relatively small in comparison to the numbers of
people caught in addictions. This collection has been many, many
years in the making. I hope that it may bring some light and maybe
a little humor to a relatively dark subject.I have tried not to
offend sensitive eyes and pallets but there is some language used
in the cramped world of users that works when other language
doesn't, and some of it is in this collection. I have refrained
from vulgarity however and if you can tolerate some compromise I am
sure you will be pleasantly rewarded. If you are new to recovery
you may be surprised at some of the things here that you thought no
one else had ever thought.It is important to remember that the
common thread in addiction is the lie that you are the only one who
has ever done the things you are doing. There is only so much
dysfunction in the world, and when you have been on the road of
recovery for a while it becomes amazingly redundant. Everybody is
stunned to find out they are not alone in their weirdness. Stunned
and then relieved to find out that there is a way out.The bottom
line is that we give up a life of using for a life of service. When
you find this and come to terms with serving people who usually
don't care, and you serve them anyway, then and only then will you
start receiving the rewards that await you.
Outlining different perspectives, this classic and field-defining
text introduces 'dramaturgy' as a critical concept and a practical
process in an accessible and engaging style. The revised edition
includes a new introduction and afterword which provides insight
into contemporary developments and future directions of
scholarship.
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