{"product_id":"9780252091346","title":"Jerry Lewis","description":"\u003cp\u003eWell known for his slapstick comedic style, Jerry Lewis has also delighted worldwide movie audiences with a directing career spanning five decades. One of American cinema's great innovators, Lewis made unmistakably personal films that often focused on an ideal masculine image and an anarchic, manic acting out of the inability to assume this image. Films such as \u003cu\u003eThe Bellboy, The Errand Boy, Three on a Couch,\u003c\/u\u003e and \u003cu\u003eThe Big Mouth\u003c\/u\u003e present a series of thematic variations on this tension, in which such questions as how to be a man, how to be popular, and how to maintain relationships are posed within frameworks that set up a liberating and exhilarating confusion of roles and norms. \u003cu\u003eThe Nutty Professor\u003c\/u\u003e and \u003cu\u003eThe Patsy\u003c\/u\u003e are especially profound and painful examinations of the difficulty experienced by Lewis's character in reconciling loving himself and being loved by others.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith sharp, concise observations, Chris Fujiwara examines this visionary director of self-referential comedic masterpieces. The book also includes an enlightening interview with Lewis that offers unique commentary on the creation and study of comedy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47074044281072,"sku":"9780252091346","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780252091346_p0.jpg?v=1763679944","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780252091346","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}