Buster Keaton in His Own Time: What the Responses of 1920s Critics Reveal - Paperback
Buster Keaton in His Own Time: What the Responses of 1920s Critics Reveal - Paperback
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by Wes D. Gehring (Author)
Buster Keaton "can impress a weary world with the vitally important fact that life, after all, is a foolishly inconsequential affair," wrote critic Robert Sherwood in 1918. A century later Keaton, with his darkly comic "theater of the absurd," speaks to audiences like no other silent comedian. If you thought you knew Keaton--think again!
Author Biography
Wes D. Gehring is the Distinguished Professor of Film at Ball State University, and the author of 44 books, keying on biographies of film comedians and comic genres. Their reception has resulted in speaking engagements from the Paris-Sorbonne University to New York's Museum of Modern Art. He has periodically been one of Turner Classic Movies' on-screen scholars for their summer online classes.
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