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Broadway Boogie Woogie - Damon Runyon and the Making of New York City Culture (Paperback, 2003 ed.)
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Broadway Boogie Woogie - Damon Runyon and the Making of New York City Culture (Paperback, 2003 ed.)
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While analyzing Damon Runyon's high spirited work in terms of
historical contexts, popular culture, and of the changing function
of the media, Schwarz argues that in his columns and stories Runyon
was an indispensable figure in creating our public images of New
York City culture, including our interest in the demi-monde and
underworld that explains in part the success of The Godfather films
and The Sopranos . In his lively and exuberant chapters that
include a panoramic view of New York City between the World Wars -
with a focus on its colourful nightlife - Schwarz examines
virtually every facet of Runyon's career from sports writer, daily
columnist, trial reporter, and Hollywood figure to the author of
the still widely-read short stories that were the source of the
Broadway hit Guys and Dolls . As part of his discussion of Runyon's
art and the artistry of Runyon's fiction, Schwarz skilfully
examines the special language of the Broadway stories known as
'Runyonese', and explains how 'Runyonese' has become an adjective
for describing flamboyant behaviour.
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