Five conversations about Peter Sellers : hybrid play, essay / Elizabeth Gonzalez James.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gonzalez James, Elizabeth, 1982- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Identity (Philosophical concept).

Impersonation.

Motion picture acting.

Motion picture actors and actresses--Great Britain--Biography.

Motion picture actors and actresses.

Parody films--Production and direction.

Parody films.

Casino Royale (Motion picture : 1967)--History and criticism.

Casino Royale (Motion picture : 1967).

Sellers, Peter, 1925-1980.

Sellers, Peter.

Sellers, Peter, 1925-1980--Performances.

Sellers, Peter, 1925-1980--Psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (78 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Huntsville, Texas : TRP: The University Press of SHSU, [2023]

Summary:

"The essay begins as an exploration of James's burgeoning obsession with Peter Sellers, and specifically his role in hijacking and derailing production of the spy spoof, Casino Royale, in the late 1960s. But what begins as a straight reported piece on how the film set erupted into chaos, quickly devolves into its own chaos as the essay splits into 5 different narrators, each with their own agenda of what the essay is actually about. Is it about how Peter Sellers and his oversize ego ruined Casino Royale? Is it about how society has too long allowed horrible men to run the world? Is it an exploration of the nature of the essay as a creative form? Or is Peter Sellers and his genius at impersonation actually a vehicle through which James probes her own shifting identity as a Mexican-American woman? The answer is...yes"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

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Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: James, Elizabeth Gonzalez Five Conversations about Peter Sellers

ISBN:

9781680033045

OCLC:

1379265886