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"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
"These original, varied approaches are the heftiest appreciation
of Lewis in English... Recommended."
--"Booklist"
The one thing everybody knows about Jerry Lewis is that he is
beloved by the French, those incomprehensible hedonistic strangers
across the sea. The French understand him, while in the U.S. he is
at best a riddle, not one of us. Lewis is someone we take profound
pleasure in excluding, if not ridiculing.
Enfant Terrible! Jerry Lewis in American Film is the first
comprehensive collection devoted to one of the most controversial
and accomplished figures in twentieth-century American cinema. A
veteran of virtually every form of show business, Lewis's
performances onscreen and the motion pictures he has directed
reveal significant filmmaking talents, and show him to be what he
has called himself, a "total filmmaker." Yet his work has been
frequently derided by American critics.
This book challenges that easy reading by taking a more careful
look at Lewis's considerable body of work onscreen in 16 diverse
and penetrating essays. Turning to such films as"The Nutty
Professor," "The Ladies Man," "The King of Comedy," "The Delicate
Delinquent," "Living It Up," "The Errand Boy," "The Disorderly
Orderly," "Arizona Dream," and "The Geisha Boy," the contributors
address topics ranging from Lewis's on- and offscreen performances,
the representations of disability in his films, and the
Europeanobsession with Lewis, to his relationship with Dean Martin
and Lewis's masculinity. Far from an out of control hysteric,
Enfant Terrible! instead reveals Jerry Lewis to be a meticulous
master of performance with a keen sense of American culture and the
contemporary world.
Contributors include: Mikita Brottman, Scott Bukatman, David
Desser, Leslie A. Fiedler, Craig Fischer, Lucy Fischer, Krin
Gabbard, Barry Keith Grant, Andrew Horton, Susan Hunt, Frank
Krutnik, Marcia Landy, Peter Lehman, Shawn Levy, Dana Polan, Murray
Pomerance, and J. P. Telotte.
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