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Author:	John M. Clum	Publisher:	St Martins Pr
ISBN-10:	0312210582	Subject:	Literary Criticism
ISBN-13:	9780312210588	Topic:	--
Format:	Hardcover	Language:	--
Publication Year:	1999	Condition:	Good
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This upbeat history of the Great White Way considers what gay men find exciting in American musical comedy.The careers of Noel Coward, Cole Porter, and Lorenz Hart are explored, along with discussion of homophobia in Rogers and Hammerstein, and many other issues regarding gay men and Broadway.
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Length:	317 pages
Height:	9.8 in.
Width:	6.5 in.
Thickness:	1.2 in.
Weight:	22.1 oz.

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This question has plagued humankind ever since Ethel Merman stormed the stage in "Gypsy" and Riff lost his heart to Tony in "West Side Story." In Something for the Boys, John Clum gives the reader a thoughtful and entertaining tour through a world of divas and brassy overtures. Looking at the allure of Merman and Carol Channing, the lives of Noel Coward, Cole Porter, and Lorenz Hart, the homophobia of Rogers and Hammerstein, and the mixed musical signals of Stephen Sondheim, Clum shows a world larger than life, a world where life is fabulous. Anyone who ever danced around their living room to the cast album of "South Pacific" or "Gypsy" will want this smart, touching, and sometimes hilariously bitchy book--and so will all of their friends who love musical theater. Something for the Boys is a tribute to a quintessential American art form that dares to speak its name: the Broadway musical.
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"Disavowing straightforward theater history, Clum expends his most passionate rhetorical energies on analyzing both popular and obscure musicals for gay subtext. He is at his most successful when examining the lyrics of Noel Coward, Lorenz Hart and Cole Porter for clues to their 'queer' inner lives....Clum is laudably refreshing when rejoicing in the stereotype of the show queen." New York Times Book Review - Bill Goldstein (02/02/2000) "SOMETHING FOR THE BOYS is the show queen's encyclopedia and handbook....There's a lot of information and camp lore packed in these pages. Clum gives us a show queen's view of the world as we move down the century from the elegance and veiled Jazz Age lyrics of Cole Porter, to the American musical's heyday in the '30s and '40s, to Stephen Sondheim's 'mixed signals' (is he or isn't he, and why doesn't he write openly about it if he is?), to the banality now passing itself off as 'gay culture' in everything from stage shows to magazines. If you are interested in knowing which diva sang what song best in a particular cast of a certain show, or with which old flame the author saw that show, this is the book for you." Washington Post Book World - John-Manuel Andriote (03/18/2000)

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Something for the Boys: Musical Theater and Gay Culture

John M. Clum

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Binding:	Hardcover
Book Condition:	Good
Jacket Condition:	Good

ISBN:	0312210582
Publication Date:	1999-11
Publisher:	St. Martin's Press

Pages:	317
Height:	1.1900 inches
Width:	6.4600 inches
Weight:	1.3800 pounds

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