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Saving the World : A Guide to Heroes 🔍
Porter, Lynnette R., 1957-; Lavery, David, 1949-; Robson, Hillary Toronto, Ont.: ECW Press ; Chicago, IL: [U.S. distributor] Independent Publishers Group, Open Road Integrated Media, Inc., Toronto [Ont.], 2005
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A comedian’s career is ended after a presidential assassination, and a journalist tries to track him down decades later, in this darkly humorous novel.   In 1963, Jimmy Wynn was the second most famous man in America. The comedian’s uncanny impression of the president made him a star. But when the genuine article died in a hail of bullets on a sunny afternoon in New Orleans, Jimmy’s career met a fate almost as grisly. What happened to the funny man afterward was a mystery no one cared to solve.   Nearly twenty-five years later, Nathan Grant, an ambitious young journalist, discovers the trail Jimmy cut through the entertainment netherworld. He soon comes to realize that this forgotten court jester may have played a very serious part in the country’s favorite conspiracy theory. His strange and increasingly dangerous odyssey takes him from a dingy New York record store to the showrooms of Las Vegas, a ghost town in the Mojave Desert, and even a dinner theatre in Niagara Falls, in a dark comedy about the cost of fame, the story of a man who became a punchline and a writer who is desperate to find out how the rest of the joke goes.   “A weird and hilarious trek through American faux-history.” —Richard Scrimger, author of Mystical Rose   “An amazing feat of invention and imagining. In the alternate reality of Showbiz, things are funny, touching, and very true.” —Paul Quarrington, author of King Leary
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Riptide : struggling with and resurfacing from a daughter's eating disorder
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Showbiz : A Novel
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Lynnette Porter, David Lavery, Lynette Porter, Hillary Robson
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Lynnette R Porter; David Lavery; Hillary Robson
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Lynnette Porter; Lynette Porter; David Lavery
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Barbara Hale-Seubert
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Anderson, Jason
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Jason Anderson
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Tony Eaude
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Essays on Canadian Writing Press
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Toronto, Ont. : Chicago, IL, ©2007
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Canada - English Language, Canada
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Chicago, New York State, 2008
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ECW Press Ltd, Toronto, 2007
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München, 2018
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1, 2010-12-14
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Toronto, 2011
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6, 2005
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[curator]lenscriv@archive.org[/curator][date]20180913183445[/date]
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“Save the Cheerleader, Save the World.” With that immediately memorable mantra, Heroes became the top-rated new series of fall 2006. Featuring such archetypal characters as one with a split personality, one who can fly, one who can see the future, one who can time travel — and the evil villain out to steal all of the powers for himself — the show touches our inner comic book fan, even if we've never cracked open a comic book. Saving the World: A Guide to Heroes will include essay analyses of the many reasons that keep Heroes'audience tuning in each week. Authors Lynnette Porter, David Lavery, and Hillary Robson are experts in the field of television analysis, having penned books on Lost, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Deadwood, Seinfeld, The Sopranos, and many others. In this book, they will explore the history of comic books making their way to the screen, and how this show has been affected by the decades of comic book superheroes that precede it; the series'archetypal characters; the fandom surrounding the show; its link to other current series such as Lost; creator Tim Kring and how he is the driving force behind the show. The book will include brief episode guides of each installment of the series. Saving the World will finally help the large audience of the show understand the mysteries of the series.
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“Save the cheerleader, save the world.”
With that immediately memorable mantra, Heroes became the top–rated new series of fall 2006. Featuring such archetypal characters as one with a split personality, one who can fly, one who can see the future, one who can time travel — and the evil villain out to steal all of the powers for himself — the show touches our inner comic book fan, even if we’ve never cracked open a comic book.
Saving the World: A Guide to Heroes includes essay analyses of the many reasons why Heroes ’ audiences were kept so entranced. Authors Lynnette Porter, David Lavery, and Hillary Robson are experts in the field of television analysis, having penned books on Lost , Buffy the Vampire Slayer , Deadwood , Seinfeld , The Sopranos , and many others. In this book, they explore the history of comic books making their way to the screen, and how this show has been affected by the decades of comic book superheroes that precede it; the series’ archetypal characters; the fandom surrounding the show; its link to other series such as Lost ; creator Tim Kring and how he is the driving force behind the show. The book will include brief episode guides of the first season.
Saving the World will finally help the large audience of the show understand the mysteries of the series.
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1 online resource (x, 274 pages)
This insightful collection of essays weighs in on the incredible appeal of the new hit show Heroes and why it has attracted such a diverse and devoted following. Featuring archetypal characters with a twist?including a time traveler, a painter prophet, a schizophrenic stripper, and an evil villain out to steal the others? powers?the show lures viewers in with its fresh interpretation of classic themes and conspiracy theory plots. By examining the history of comic books in film and television, leading television analysts reveal the show?s multifaceted influences and shed light on how Heroes reflects its comic book ancestors and modern-day kin such as Lost. The creative mastermind behind the show, Tim Kring, and the intense nature of pop culture fandom are also discussed, with brief episode guides serving as a reminder of the complex web the show is weaving
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-261), filmography (p. 261-262) , and index
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备用描述
In 1963, Jimmy Wynn was the second most famous man in America. The comedian's uncanny impression of the President made him a star. But when the genuine article died in a hail of bullets on a sunny afternoon in New Orleans, Jimmy's career met a fate almost as grisly. What happened to the funny man afterward was a mystery no one cared to solve. Nearly 25 years later, Nathan Grant, an ambitious young journalist, discovers the trail Jimmy cut through the entertainment netherworld. He soon realizes this forgotten court jester may have played a very serious part in the country's favorite conspiracy theory. Grant's strange and increasingly dangerous odyssey takes him from a dingy New York record store to the showrooms of Las Vegas, a ghost town in the Mojave Desert, and even a dinner theatre in Niagara Falls. A dark comedy about the cost of fame, Jason Anderson's "Showbiz" is the story of a man who became a punchline and a writer who is desperate to find out how the rest of the joke goes.
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A young girl?s fatal, decade-long struggle with anorexia and bulimia is chronicled from her mother?s perspective in this heartbreaking memoir. Barbara Hale-Seubert tried to cope with grief, fear, and powerlessness as her daughter suffered through these diseases, and she kept a journal of their experiences as a form of therapy. These entries are the basis for a raw and revealing narrative, meant to offer other parents the comfort that comes with knowing they are not alone, the strength to help their children through the agony of eating disorders, and the grace to learn to surrender what is out of their control
开源日期
2023-06-28
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