the Tramp's odyssey Louvish, Simon 1947- creator text bibliography biography mau 2018 First paperback edition. monographic eng

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457 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. An essential volume for understanding Charlie Chaplin's body of work. An Everyman who expressed the defiant spirit of freedom, Charlie Chaplin was first lauded and later reviled in the America that made him Hollywood's richest man. He was a figure of multiple paradoxes. Simon Louvish's book looks afresh at the "mask behind the man." Louvish charts the tale of the Tramp himself through his films, from the early Mack Sennett shorts through the major features (The Gold Rush, City Lights, Modern Times, The Great Dictator, et al.). He retrieves Chaplin as the iconic London street kid who carried the "surreal" antics of early British music hall triumphantly onto the Hollywood screen. Louvish also looks anew at Chaplin's and the Tramp's social and political ideas--the challenge to fascism, defiance of the McCarthyite witch hunts, eventual "exile," and last mature disguises as the serial killer Monsieur Verdoux and the dying English clown Calvero in Limelight. This book is an epic journey, summing up the roots of comedy and its appeal to audiences everywhere, who reveled in the clown's raw energy, his ceaseless struggle against adversity, and his capacity to represent our own fears, foibles, dreams, inner demons and hopes. by Simon Louvish. Includes bibliographical references. n-us--- Chaplin, Charlie 1889-1977 Chaplin, Charlie 1889-1977 Criticism and interpretation Chaplin, Charlie (Charles Spencer) 1889-1977 Chaplin, Charlie (Charles Spencer) 1889-1977 Crítica e interpretación Comedians United States Biography Motion picture actors and actresses United States Biography Motion picture producers and directors United States Biography Comic, The Actores y actrices estadounidenses Biografías Actores estadounidenses Biografías Productores y directores de cine Estados Unidos Biografías Cómicos Biografías Cómicos estadounidenses Biografías PN 2287 C464L 2018 791.43/028/092 9781566560115 156656011X 2017031533 DLC 170630 20240822103732.0 19765602 eng