SuitabookMaking comedy
The team develops a career from vaudeville into films and becomes known for physical comedy and doing almost anything for a laugh.
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Pamela Pollack - Author
A concise life-and-career account of the Three Stooges, from early performance and vaudeville to films, physical comedy, changing membership and enduring popularity.
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The team develops a career from vaudeville into films and becomes known for physical comedy and doing almost anything for a laugh.
The performers are presented as children of immigrants who moved from early performance into films, while the group continued through several personnel changes.
The comedy involves pie fights and physical humour, and the performers are described as willing to do anything for a laugh. A child may want help distinguishing staged comedy from acceptable real-world behaviour.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: some draft conclusions still depend on unresolved evidence.
Who Were The Three Stooges? by Pam Pollack, Paperback, 9780448488660 | Buy online at The Nile
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