Hope: Entertainer of the Century
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| Rating | : | 4.64 (535 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1439140278 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 576 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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Tribute To An Enduring And Original Entertainer R PRIUS This is a very thorough biography that leaves virtually no stone unturned. For the most part, Bob Hope fans will find this book immensely interesting despite the fact that at times the facts of Hope's life is somewhat at odds with his public image that was carefully crafted. Like many things in Hollywood, public perception was paramount and Hope's image was a press agents dream, but not necessarily true or even reasonably accura. A Cogent Analysis of the Comedy Juggernaut Which Was Bob Hope An extraordinary and well told story reaching back to the turn of the century. Author Zoglin's critical analysis of the artistic high and low points spanning vaudeville to movies to television adds great dimension to the tale. Time has obscured his groundbreaking contributions to modern comedy and the entertainment machinery which is now taken for granted. The balanced portrait of Hope as genius, philantropist, egomaniac, family. Behind the Jokester Facade! I have always had a love-hate relationship with Leslie Towns Hope. I love the ROAD movies Bob Hope made with Bing Crosby and all those other great 19Behind the Jokester Facade! Mike O'Connor I have always had a love-hate relationship with Leslie Towns Hope. I love the ROAD movies Bob Hope made with Bing Crosby and all those other great 1940/50s movies where he played variations of his brash, wise-cracking, chicken-hearted character. In the 50s/60s, my family always looked forward to his TV specials but, after a while, I noticed something about his performances. Hope was all set-up, punch-line, set-up, punch-line. He. 0/50s movies where he played variations of his brash, wise-cracking, chicken-hearted character. In the 50s/60s, my family always looked forward to his TV specials but, after a while, I noticed something about his performances. Hope was all set-up, punch-line, set-up, punch-line. He
“Revelatory…fascinating” (The New York Times): The first definitive biography of Bob Hope, featuring exclusive and extensive reporting that makes the persuasive case that he was the most important entertainer of the twentieth century.With his topical jokes and his all-American, brash-but-cowardly screen character, Bob Hope was the only entertainer to achieve top-rated success in every major mass-entertainment medium of the century, from vaudeville in the 1920s all the way to television in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. Hope could be cold, self-centered, tight with a buck, and perhaps the least introspective man in Hollywood. But he was also a tireless worker, devoted
His book Comedy at the Edge: How Stand-up in the 1970s Changed America is considered the definitive history of that seminal era in stand-up comedy. Zoglin is a native of Kansas City, Missouri, and currently lives in New York City. Richard Zoglin is a contributing editor and theater critic for Time magazine.
Read Zoglin.” (Akron Beacon-Journal)“A thorough, evenhanded and absorbing portrait.” (Associated Press)“Bob Hope lived to be 100. For me it's a feast." (Woody Allen)“Richard Zoglin’s biography Hope does such an effective job of arguing the appeal that even the Hope-hater comes away eager to see more of his good early work, and more sympathetic to the forces in his life and in the country’s which left him hard to like at the end.” (Adam Gopnik New Yorker)“Bob Hope was an entertainment colossus, shrewd and influ