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Informationen zum Autor Wes D. Gehring is a distinguished professor of film at Ball State University and associate media editor for USA Today magazine, for which he also writes the column "Reel World." He is the author of 40 film books, including biographies of James Dean, Carole Lombard, Steve McQueen, Robert Wise, Red Skelton and Charlie Chaplin. Klappentext Back in the golden age of humour books, when such wits as Robert Benchley, James Thurber, and S.J. Perelman were producing their signature works, there was another singular satirist who more than held his own with such fast company. Named Will Cuppy (1884-1949), this factual funnyman's metier is dark comedy that flirts with nihilism. This biography doubles as a critical study of a satirist whose shish-kebabing of humanity was often done through the veiled anthropomorphic use of animals. Zusammenfassung "Will Cuppy (1884-1949) is dark comedy that flirts with nihilism. Whether Will Cuppy directly derails man or lesser creatures on the evolutionary chain! there is always a generous helping of dark comedy. For a biographer! the man represents a treasure trove of possibilities. "-- Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsForeword by Mark H. MasséPreface and AcknowledgmentsOne: deleteHoosier Childhood, 1884-1902Two: deleteUniversity of Chicago Years, 1902-1914Three: deleteA Wannabe Playwright and His Humor Mentor: Isabel PatersonFour: deleteWriting How to Be a HermitFive: deleteEarly Greenwich Village Years, Groucho Marx, and How to Tell Your Friends from the ApesSix: deleteEasing Into the 1930s, and Two More Important FriendshipsSeven: deleteCuppy's Multifaceted 1930sEight: deleteHere Come Cuppy's Mystery Anthologies of the 1940sNine: deleteThe Years Leading to Suicide-Literally, How to Become Extinct, and Still Attract the WombatTen: deleteEnhancing a Legacy by Way of Posthumous PublicationsAfterword: Comparing Cuppy to Some of His Comic ContemporariesChapter NotesBibliographyIndex ...
