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The Haunted Smile: The Story of Jewish Comedians In America / From vaudeville to the movies to television, this title concerns the complete history of how Jewish comedians transformed American entertainment. Even an incomplete listing of names makes the point: the Marx Brothers, Jack Benny, Fanny Brice, George Burns, Milton Berle, Jackie Mason, Joan Rivers, Rodney Dangerfield, Mel Brooks, Mort Sahl, Woody Allen, Lenny Bruce, Andy Kaufman, Richard Belzer, Jerry Seinfeld. These men and women, among others, form the canon of American Jewish comedy, and in this book Epstein offers us a deep and subtle understanding of how Jewish culture and American openness gave birth to a new style of entertainment.

GMD	Book
Corporate Author	Humor / Jewishcomedians--UnitedStates--History
Classification	792.7 EPS
Publisher	New York, USA, Public Affairs, 2001
Subject	HumorJewish comedians--United States--HistoryJewish comedians--United States--BiographyStand-up comedy--United States--History--20th centuryJewish wit and humourAmerican wit and humor--History and criticism
Description	356
ISBN	9781891620713
URL	https://books.google.com.hk/books/about/The_Haunted_Smile_The_Story_Of_Jewish_Co.html?id=PftOPgAACAAJ&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=yhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/534118.The_Haunted_Smile