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In this superb collection of essays edited by Luc Sante, author of Lowlife, and Melissa Holbrook Pierson, writers as diverse as John Updike, Patti Smith, and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Charles Simic pay to homage the famous and the lesser known actors (some megastars, some lesser lights) who illuminate our Hollywood dreams. From a side-splitting tribute to Elmer Fudd to an earnest lament at the absence of great fat actors today, O.K. You Mugs is a dazzling anthology that focuses on those remarkable talents who gave some of the most memorable performances in the history of Hollywood. These essays are sure to delight any reader who claims to care about the movies. Including:
o Jacqueline Carey on Margaret Dumont
o Dana Gioia on Movie Fat Men
o David Hajdu in Elmer Fudd
o Greil Marcus on J.T Walsh
o Patti Smith on Jeanne Moreau
o Charles Simic on Gene Tierney
o John Updike on Doris Day
o Jacqueline Carey on Margaret Dumont
o Dana Gioia on Movie Fat Men
o David Hajdu in Elmer Fudd
o Greil Marcus on J.T Walsh
o Patti Smith on Jeanne Moreau
o Charles Simic on Gene Tierney
o John Updike on Doris Day
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Apparently Cecil B DeMille called the sight of Calamity Jane, played by Jean Arthur, hanging beside Wild Bill Hickock "the most erotic scene ever filmed". According to John Updike, Doris Day so disliked her marquee name that her friends called her, amongst other things, Suzie Creamcheese. If your response is "Who?" or "Who cares!" then this book may not be for you. If not, read on.
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"Actors are our spectral friends [who] loom in our lives as large or maybe larger than our actual acquaintances" writes Melissa Holbrook Piereson, adding that "every global passion starts out embarrassingly personal". In an anthology that uses a range of styles to cover the lives and movies of a selection of "unsung" actors and actresses, the most enjoyable articles reveal as much about the author as their subject. Highlights include Patti Smith on Jeanne Moreau's way of smoking, Ginny Dougary on Liz Taylor(!) and Robert Polito on Barbara Payton. Greil Marcus takes an interestingly political slant on J T Walsh as does Malu Halasa on Robert Carlyle.
An inevitably mixed selection with as much to despair as delight the reader, OK You Mugs is recommended to all who take a serious interest in actors and their personas. --Stephen Portlock
"O.K. You Mugs ends up celebrating the word as much as the image."--Time Out New York "[A] stylish ode to characters bigger than life--"--Library Journal "I plead for a follow-up volume."--The San Diego Union-Tribune
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- PublisherVintage
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0375700927
- ISBN 13 9780375700927
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages304
- EditorSante Lucy, Pierson Melissa
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