Pal Joey : the history of a heel / Julianne Lindberg.
| Author/creator |
Lindberg, Julianne |
| Other author/creator | Block, Geoffrey Holden, 1948- |
| Other author/creator | Oxford University Press. |
| Format | Electronic and Book |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020] |
| Description | xiv, 272 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online Music |
| Subject(s) |
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| Series | The Broadway legacies series Broadway legacies. ^A1121262 |
| Contents | Introduction : "A foul well" -- O'Hara, the heel : from short story to script -- Rodgers and Hart's boldest venture : working relationships and collaborative processes -- Digging for dirt : inside the club -- I could write a book (musical) : the book numbers -- The women of Pal Joey -- Joey dances -- History of a heel : the 1952 revival -- Pal Joey goes to Hollywood. |
| Abstract | "The History of a Heel chronicles the genesis, influence, and significance of Rodgers and Hart's classic musical comedy Pal Joey (1940). When Pal Joey opened at the Barrymore on Christmas day, 1940, it flew in the face of musical comedy convention. The characters and situation were depraved. The setting was caustically realistic. Its female lead was frankly sexual and yet not purely comic. A narratively-driven dream ballet closed the first act, begging audiences to take seriously the inner life and desires of a confirmed heel. Although the show appears on many top-ten lists surveying the so-called "Golden Age," it is a controversial classic; its legacy is tied both to the fashionable scandal that it provoked, and, retrospectively, to the uncommon attention it paid to characterization and narrative cohesion. Through an archive-driven investigation of the show and its music, History of a Heel offers insight into the historical moment during which Joey was born, and to the process of genre classification, canon formation, and the ensuing critical debates related to musical and theatrical maturity. More broadly, I argue that the critique and commentary on class and gender conventions in Pal Joey reveals a uniquely American concern over status, class mobility, and progressive gender roles in the pre-war era"--Dust jacket flaps. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-265) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Issued in other form | Ebook version : 9780190051235 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2022561050 |
| ISBN | 0190051205 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 9780190051204 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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