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Is This Guy For Real?: The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman

Is This Guy For Real?: The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman

Box Brown
3.8/5 ( ratings)
Comedian and performer Andy Kaufman’s resume was impressive—a popular role on the beloved sitcom Taxi, a high-profile stand-up career, and a surprisingly successful stint in professional wrestling. Although he was by all accounts a sensitive and thoughtful person, he’s ironically best remembered for his various contemptible personas, which were so committed and so convincing that all but his closest family and friends were completely taken in.

Why would someone so gentle-natured and sensitive build an entire career seeking the hatred of his audience? What drives a performer to solicit that reaction? With the same nuance and sympathy with which he approached Andre the Giant in his 2014 biography, graphic novelist Box Brown takes on the complex and often hilarious life of Andy Kaufman.
Language
English
Pages
273
Format
Paperback
Publisher
First Second
Release
February 06, 2018
ISBN
1626723168
ISBN 13
9781626723160

Is This Guy For Real?: The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman

Box Brown
3.8/5 ( ratings)
Comedian and performer Andy Kaufman’s resume was impressive—a popular role on the beloved sitcom Taxi, a high-profile stand-up career, and a surprisingly successful stint in professional wrestling. Although he was by all accounts a sensitive and thoughtful person, he’s ironically best remembered for his various contemptible personas, which were so committed and so convincing that all but his closest family and friends were completely taken in.

Why would someone so gentle-natured and sensitive build an entire career seeking the hatred of his audience? What drives a performer to solicit that reaction? With the same nuance and sympathy with which he approached Andre the Giant in his 2014 biography, graphic novelist Box Brown takes on the complex and often hilarious life of Andy Kaufman.
Language
English
Pages
273
Format
Paperback
Publisher
First Second
Release
February 06, 2018
ISBN
1626723168
ISBN 13
9781626723160

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