The Biggest Thing in Show Business

The Biggest Thing in Show Business
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Publisher : State University of New York Press
Total Pages : 411
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ISBN-10 : 9781438496542
ISBN-13 : 1438496540
Rating : 4/5 (540 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Biggest Thing in Show Business by : Murray Pomerance

Download or read book The Biggest Thing in Show Business written by Murray Pomerance and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2024-02-01 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1946 to 1956, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis provoked audiences into rollicking laughter as they shook up and delighted a culture they both mediated and made fun of. Using the duo's phenomenal popularity as a starting point, The Biggest Thing in Show Business looks askance at postwar America with a fast-moving sweep, jam-packed with unexpected connections, revealing details, and surprising insights. Aiming to be as unconventional as their subjects, Murray Pomerance and Matthew Solomon enact a highly spontaneous and up-to-the-minute approach to coauthorship that re-establishes the importance of Martin & Lewis in the cultural pantheon. As a result, the book's structure, methodology, and writing style are thoroughly dialogic and firmly opposed to stale convention.


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