Description:
Offers the first book-length investigation Albert Brooks' more than six-decade comedy career.
Brief description: Dr Christian Long is an Academic Language and Learning Educator at Queensland University of Technology.
Review Quotes: This collection of 11 essays argues for the importance of Brooks not only as a comic force but also as a skilled filmmaker who has deftly documented the absurdity and disappointments of the "professional-managerial" class of the late 20th century. Notable contributions include those on the yuppie figure in Lost in America, Brooks's "ability to channel the female experience" through his collaborations with writer Monica Johnson, and the writer/director's criticism of media dynamic sutilizing "anti-humor" in films from Real Life to Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World. [...] Highly recommended.--S. B. Skelton, Kansas State University "CHOICE"