Dorottya Gergely từ Punerot, France

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11/22/2024

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2019-08-02 17:30

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American Rose, a Nation Laid bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee, by Karen Abbott, narrated by Bernadette Dunn, produced by Random House Audio, downloaded from audible.com. The publisher’s note says it as well as I can, but I’ll just add here that Bernadette Dunn as the narrator did a wonderful job with this book, which involved from its major characters, a lot of hyperbole and bragging, which she carried off like a professional carnival barker. Publisher’s Note: This is the story of America's coming-of-age - told through the extraordinary life of Gypsy Rose Lee and the world she survived and conquered.America in the Roaring Twenties. Vaudeville was king. Talking pictures were only a distant flicker. Speakeasies beckoned beyond dimly lit doorways; money flowed fast and free. But then, almost overnight, the Great Depression leveled everything. When the dust settled, Americans were primed for a star who could distract them from grim reality and excite them in new, unexpected ways. Enter Gypsy Rose Lee, a strutting, bawdy, erudite stripper who possessed a preternatural gift for delivering exactly what America needed.With her superb narrative skills and eye for compelling detail, Karen Abbott brings to vivid life an era of ambition, glamour, struggle, and survival. Using exclusive interviews and never-before-published material, she vividly delves into Gypsy's world, including her intensely dramatic triangle relationship with her sister, actress June Havoc, and their formidable mother, Rose, a petite but ferocious woman who seduced men and women alike and literally killed to get her daughters on the stage.American Rose chronicles their story, as well as the story of the four scrappy and savvy showbiz brothers from New York City who would pave the way for Gypsy Rose Lee's brand of burlesque. Modeling their shows after the glitzy, daring reviews staged in the theaters of Paris, the Minsky brothers relied on grit, determination, and a few tricks that fell just outside the law - and they would shape, and ultimately transform, the landscape of American entertainment. The author does a good job of showing us that Gypsy Rose Lee always re-shaped her own life to suit her current needs, and that it’s hard to know what stories are true and what are apocryphal.

Người đọc Dorottya Gergely từ Punerot, France

Người dùng coi những cuốn sách này là thú vị nhất trong năm 2017-2018, ban biên tập của cổng thông tin "Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn" khuyến cáo rằng tất cả các độc giả sẽ làm quen với văn học này.