ISBN10: 0816646031, ISBN13: 9780816646036, [publisher: University of Minnesota Press, Minnesota] Softcover Paperback. When Andy Kaufman succumbed suddenly to lung cancer in 1984, some of his fans believed that his death was yet another elaborate prank. Over the previous decade, Kaufman had achieved improbable fame for his bizarre antiperformanceslip-synching the Mighty Mouse theme song, reading The Great Gatsby aloud in its entirety when people expected comedy, asking audience members to touch a boil on his neckthat perplexed, annoyed, or offended his viewers. Explores Kaufman's career within a broader discussion of the ideology of the American dream. Taking as it's starting point the 1999 biopic "Man on the Moon", this book seeks to decode Kaufman in a way that makes it possible to grasp his radical agenda beyond avant-garde theories of transgression. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
[Stevenage, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2005]
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