Introducing Joe E Brown's likeable features that commanded attention on the screen, this work enables the reader to learn of Joe's challenging childhood... Læs mere
Tracing a rambling lineage from Ben Franklin to Mark Twain to Bob Hope to Steve Martin, the author presents a genealogy of glib antiheroes blowing raspberries at the world.
"The book examines Chaplin's evolving perspective on dark comedy in his three war films, Shoulder Arms (1918), The Great... Læs mere