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Jerry
Lewis
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no popular film artist in history inspired quite so many conflicting
opinions and emotions as actor/comedian Jerry Lewis. Often
reviled in his native United States but worshipped as a genius
throughout much of Europe and especially France, Lewis took
slapstick comedy to new realms of absurdity and outrageousness,
his anarchic vision dividing audiences who found him infantile
and witless from those who applauded the ambitions of his
sight gags, his subversions of standard comedic patterns,
and his films' acute criticisms of American values. Regardless
of opinion, he was not only one of the biggest stars of the
postwar era but also one of the most powerful, and as the
writer, director, and producer of many of his features, he
qualified as a comic auteur firmly in the tradition of Chaplin
and Keaton. |
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