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The films of Robin Williams : critical essays / edited by Johnson Cheu ; foreword by David Misch.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Williams, Robin, 1951-2014--Criticism and interpretation.
- Williams, Robin.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (243 pages)
- 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, filmography and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4766-3563-3
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