The films of Robin Williams : critical essays / edited by Johnson Cheu ; foreword by David Misch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Misch, David, author of foreword.

Contributor:

Cheu, Johnson, 1969- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Williams, Robin, 1951-2014--Criticism and interpretation.

Williams, Robin.

Williams, Robin, 1951-2014.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

ix, 232 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]

Summary:

"This collection of new essays brings together a range of perspectives on Williams and his oeuvre, including beloved hits like Mrs. Doubtfire, Good Morning, Vietnam, Good Will Hunting, The Fisher King, Dead Poets Society and Aladdin. Contributors explore his earlier work and his political and satirical films. Williams's darker, less well-known fare is also covered"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Robin Williams and the weight of representation / Johnson Cheu

Foreword: Robin Williams, it's complicated / David Misch

Laughing heroics: essays on comedies and heroes. "Can I call you Al?": Robin Williams's genie as subversive countertext in Disney's Aladdin / Tom Prasch

Carnival, free play, and American horror: mashup in Joe Johnston's Jumanji / Sue Matheson

Transference and translation: a Roosevelt/Williams guide to museum space / Prajna Parasher

Hot flashes and heroes: Mrs. Doubtfire as threshold figure / Elizabeth Leigh Scherman

Generations of men and masculinity in Dead poets society / Andrew Slade

Cold war culture in the films of Robin Williams / Michelle Catherine Iden

Fosse! Fosse! Fosse!: Robin Williams's queer performances / Gael Sweeney

Dark spirits: essays on politics, everyman and the universe. "Watch out for the terrible, the ugly undertoad": the world's end according to Garp / Philip l. Simpson

Toying with war: exploring the connection between militarization and education / Kenya Wolff and Ludovic A. Sourdot

The face of Robin Williams and the enigma of stardom / Rebecca Umland and Samuel J. Umland

"I like New York in June"?: terrors of the city in The Fisher king / Cynthia J. Miller and A. Bowdoin Van Riper

Psychological trauma and the quest for the grail: supposed redemption in The Fisher king, Good Will Hunting, and What dreams may come / Stacy C. Parenteau and Eric J. Sterling

The final cut: death and memory, the past is a contested zone / Lori L. Parks

"Caught in a freeze-frame": the afterlife of Robin Williams / Lisa K. Perdigao and Alan M. Rosiene

Coda: Robin Williams; the millennials' mentor / Kathy Merlock Jackson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes filmography.

ISBN:

9781476667331

1476667330

OCLC:

1079399667