Dangerous Rhythm: Why Movie Musicals Matter

Author:   Richard Barrios (, East Norriton PA)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
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9780190262617


Pages:   290
Publication Date:   08 October 2015
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Richard Barrios (, East Norriton PA)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.10cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 15.50cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780190262617


ISBN 10:   0190262613
Pages:   290
Publication Date:   08 October 2015
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

A Note of Explanation Introduction ALL THAT JAZZ Chapter One EVERYTHING'S BEEN DONE BEFORE Chapter Two WHERE DO THEY COME FROM (AND WHERE DO THEY GO?) Chapter Three SEEING'S BELIEVING Chapter Four PEOPLE From Jolson to Justin in 85 Years Chapter Five THE ART OF THE POSSIBLE Chapter Six MUSIC MAKES ME Chapter Seven WITH PLENTY OF MONEY Chapter Eight I GET THE NECK OF THE CHICKEN Chapter Nine TURN ON THE HEAT Chapter Ten PAINTING THE CLOUDS Snow White, South Park, and Other Ways to Animate a Musical Chapter Eleven UNDER MY SKIN Musicals and Race, Musicals and Sexuality Chapter Twelve PUT 'EM IN A BOX Epilog DREAM DANCING

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Barrios knows this material inside out, which allows him to step back to make often inspired observations. New York Times Book Review [Barrios] writes about his subject authoritatively ...and always directly. He does so with an absence of heavy theorizing and an abundance of strong opinions. Part of what makes Dangerous Rhythm enjoyable to read is its idiomatic prose. Wall Street Journal [A] hugely readable, authoritative meditation on the Hollywood musical. Philadelphia Inquirer Simultaneously a rigorous dissection of and a valentine to the movie musical. -Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Few people can discuss early-talkie musicals and television's Glee with equal authority. Richard Barrios sees it all as part of a continuum, which is what makes his wide-ranging book so relevant. His sense of humor and lively prose style transform a scholarly treatise into a highly enjoyable reading experience. Leonard Maltin, film critic and historian. Barrios knows his stuff, and musical film aficionados are well advised to get a hold of Dangerous Rhythm. He combines vast knowledge of the subject with tangy writing, resulting in a hard-to-put-down read. Matthew Kennedy, author of Roadshow! The Fall of Film Musicals in the 1960s


Barrios knows this material inside out, which allows him to step back to make often inspired observations. -- New York Times Book Review [Barrios] writes about his subject authoritatively ...and always directly. He does so with an absence of heavy theorizing and an abundance of strong opinions. Part of what makes Dangerous Rhythm enjoyable to read is its idiomatic prose. --Wall Street Journal [A] hugely readable, authoritative meditation on the Hollywood musical. -- Philadelphia Inquirer Simultaneously a rigorous dissection of and a valentine to the movie musical. -Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Few people can discuss early-talkie musicals and television's Glee with equal authority. Richard Barrios sees it all as part of a continuum, which is what makes his wide-ranging book so relevant. His sense of humor and lively prose style transform a scholarly treatise into a highly enjoyable reading experience. --Leonard Maltin, film critic and historian. Barrios knows his stuff, and musical film aficionados are well advised to get a hold of Dangerous Rhythm. He combines vast knowledge of the subject with tangy writing, resulting in a hard-to-put-down read. --Matthew Kennedy, author of Roadshow! The Fall of Film Musicals in the 1960s


Barrios knows his stuff, and musical film aficionados are well advised to get a hold of Dangerous Rhythm. He combines vast knowledge of the subject with tangy writing, resulting in a hard-to-put-down read. * Matthew Kennedy, author of Roadshow! The Fall of Film Musicals in the 1960s * Few people can discuss early-talkie musicals and television's Glee with equal authority. Richard Barrios sees it all as part of a continuum, which is what makes his wide-ranging book so relevant. His sense of humor and lively prose style transform a scholarly treatise into a highly enjoyable reading experience. * Leonard Maltin, film critic and historian. * Simultaneously a rigorous dissection of and a valentine to the movie musical. -Milwaukee Journal Sentinel [A] hugely readable, authoritative meditation on the Hollywood musical. * Philadelphia Inquirer * [Barrios] writes about his subject authoritatively ...and always directly. He does so with an absence of heavy theorizing and an abundance of strong opinions. Part of what makes Dangerous Rhythm enjoyable to read is its idiomatic prose. * Wall Street Journal * Barrios knows this material inside out, which allows him to step back to make often inspired observations. * New York Times Book Review *


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Richard Barrios worked in the music and film industries before turning to film history with the award-winning A Song in the Dark and with Screened Out, which was the basis of a film series by Turner Classic Movies. He lectures extensively and appears frequently on television and in film and DVD documentaries. Born in the swamps of south Louisiana and a longtime resident of New York City, he now lives in western New Jersey, near Philadelphia

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