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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 792
EAN: 9780865479586
ISBN: 0865479585
Label: Faber & Faber
Manufacturer: Faber & Faber
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 344
Publication Date: October 31, 2006
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date: October 31, 2006
Sales Rank: 445378
Studio: Faber & Faber
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A seriously funny look at the roots of American Entertainment
When Groucho Marx and Charlie Chaplin were born, variety entertainment had been going on for decades in America, and like Harry Houdini, Milton Berle, Mae West, and countless others, these performers got their start on the vaudeville stage. From 1881 to 1932, vaudeville was at the heart of show business in the States. Its stars were America's first stars in the modern sense, and it utterly dominated American popular culture. Writer and modern-day vaudevillian Trav S.D. chronicles vaudeville's far-reaching impact in No Applause--Just Throw Money. He explores the many ways in which vaudeville's story is the story of show business in America and documents the rich history and cultural legacy of our country's only purely indigenous theatrical form, including its influence on everything from USO shows to Ed Sullivan to The Muppet Show and The Gong Show. More than a quaint historical curiosity, vaudeville is thriving today, and Trav S.D. pulls back the curtain on the vibrant subculture that exists across the United States--a vast grassroots network of fire-eaters, human blockheads, burlesque performers, and bad comics intent on taking vaudeville into its second century.
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Starting from the appalling pun name for Travis Stewart, this book descends, transcends and ascends the history of vaudeville. The author, real name Travis Stewart, traces the brief period of vaudeville's ascendancy from its roots in variety shows, saloon shows, and burlesque as a cleaned-up "two audience" (women and children as well as male) show.
The business of vaudeville is interestingly told as well, as a small handful of promoters and managers controlled hundreds of theaters and ... Read More
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In the last five years, three unrelated books, the subject book, together with Seriously Funny by Gerard Nachman and Comedy at the Edge by Richard Zoglin, have been published which, together, comprise the history of American comedy since the American Civil War. All of them have their merits, but No Applause - Just Throw Money (NAJTM) is the best of them.
It is not just that vaudeville is broader than comedy alone and the vaudeville era was a lot more interesting in show business history ... Read More
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From 1881 to 1932 vaudeville was the center of American show business, and modern-day vaudevillian Trav S.D. details its history and impact from early to modern times in a survey which traces the big names of vaudeville and the attraction and representation of its shows. Vaudeville was the first major American equal opportunity employer, and it allowed even immigrants easy access to American culture: chapters trace major players, acts, and influences.
Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch
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Like the History Channel on TV -- Trav S. D. certainly brings the history of vaudeville to life in this book!! His knowledge and storytelling is akin to sitting in the parlor listening to tales of a bygone era from your grandfather or favorite wise old uncle who himself lived through it! He leaves you smiling, laughing and always wanting to hear and read more.
If anything, the only thing found missing and lacking was in regards to what Trav calls "The New Vaudeville." Back in the early `70s ... Read More
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A terrific book, incredibly comprehensive and very well researched. Written with a sly sense of humor, the intro and background is really complete and wonderful, and the middle section about the heyday and performers is great reading. The last quarter strays into a great deal of opinion from Trav's own finely-honed Vaudeville sensibility; but all the same, it is a fabulous book, absolutely big time. I really appreciated that Trav gave us a lot of reading about the acts and actual performing. (Many books and info ... Read More
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