false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173467137m/293135.jpg 293135 2 <P>Lively and highly readable, <I>What Made Pistachio Nuts?</I> examines what Henry Jenkins calls the anarchistic tradition of American film comedy. Anarchistic comedies of the 1930s mock the social order and celebrate the creativity and impulsiveness of their protagonists in a form of clowning that ultimately reestablishes the status quo.</P><P>Jenkins focuses on well-known films such as the Marx Brothers' <I>Duck Soup</I> and W.C. Fields' <I>It's a Gift,</I> as well as all-but-forgotten works like <I>Diplomaniacs</I>, <I>Hollywood Party</I>, <I>So Long Lefty</I>, and others. He tracks the careers of the comic stars -- Eddie Cantor, Winnie LIghtner, W.C. Fields, Charlotte Greenwood, the Marx Brothers, and Wheeler and Woolsey -- as they moved from vaudeville and the New York reviews to Hollywood.</P> 284423 1992 What Made Pistachio Nuts? total:3|3:3| 3 9 4 2 3 0 false false Sun Sep 14 23:50:51 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 14 23:53:59 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Fri Jan 25 20:20:57 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 25 20:21:54 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Mon Nov 23 10:19:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 10:19:00 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Thu Jan 10 13:28:35 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 10 13:28:35 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=293135