Andy Kaufman: Wrestling with the American Dream
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Publishing Details
Andy Kaufman: Wrestling with the American Dream
By (Author) Florian Keller
University of Minnesota Press
University of Minnesota Press
1st February 2006
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Media studies
791.092
Physical Properties
Paperback
216
Width 138mm, Height 216mm, Spine 13mm
Description
When Andy Kaufman succumbed suddenly to lung cancer in 1984, some of his fans believed that his death was yet another elaborate prank. Over the previous decade, Kaufman had achieved improbable fame for his bizarre antiperformanceslip-synching the Mighty Mouse theme song, reading The Great Gatsby aloud in its entirety when people expected comedy, asking audience members to touch a boil on his neckthat perplexed, annoyed, or offended his viewers.
Author Bio
Florian Keller is a fellow at the Institute of Cultural Studies, School of Art and Design, University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Zurich.
