{"product_id":"what-made-pistachio-nuts-early-sound-comedy-and-the-vaudeville-aesthetic-paperback","title":"What Made Pistachio Nuts?: Early Sound Comedy and the Vaudeville Aesthetic - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHenry Jenkins\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLively and highly readable, \u003ci\u003eWhat Made Pistachio Nuts?\u003c\/i\u003e examines what Henry Jenkins calls the anarchistic tradition of American film comedy. Anarchistic comedies of the 1930s mock the social order and celebrate the creativity and impulsiveness of their protagonists in a form of clowning that ultimately reestablishes the status quo.Jenkins focuses on well-known films such as the Marx Brothers' \u003ci\u003eDuck Soup\u003c\/i\u003e and W.C. Fields' \u003ci\u003eIt's a Gift, \u003c\/i\u003e as well as all-but-forgotten works like \u003ci\u003eDiplomaniacs, Hollywood Party, So Long Lefty, \u003c\/i\u003e and others. He tracks the careers of the comic stars -Eddie Cantor, Winnie LIghtner, W.C. Fields, Charlotte Greenwood, the Marx Brothers, and Wheeler and Woolsey- as they moved from vaudeville and the New York reviews to Hollywo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHenry Jenkins is Assistant Professor of Film and Media Studies at MIT. He is author of \u003ci\u003eTextual Poachers: Television Fans and Participatory Culture.\u003c\/i\u003e He is coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Science Fiction Audience: Dr.Who, Star Trek, and Their Fans.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.95 x 8.91 x 5.87 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 29, 1992\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42101694562384,"sku":"9780231078559","price":68.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/cHpjQ2MzVjljQXh6SVpVa0hBZ2Rjdz09.webp?v=1772053281","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/what-made-pistachio-nuts-early-sound-comedy-and-the-vaudeville-aesthetic-paperback","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}