Description
About the Author
Peter C. Kunze is an assistant professor of communication at Tulane University. He is the editor or coeditor of several books, including The Films of Wes Anderson: Critical Essays on an Indiewood Icon, American-Australian Cinema: Transnational Connections, and Taking a Stand: Contemporary US Stand-Up Comedians as Public Intellectuals.
Reviews
"Peter Kunze's Staging a Comeback brings a fresh perspective to the Disney 'renaissance' of the 1980s and '90s. He examines these films' historical connection to the theatricality, anthropomorphic performance, and mediated liveness of classic animation. The book is also noteworthy for the author's innovative research methods, in light of the studio's reluctance to open up to independent scholarship. Kunze shows that if you can't enter the castle over the moat, you can storm it by way of the ramparts."- Donald Crafton, author of Shadow of a Mouse: Performance, Belief, and World-Making in Animation
"Staging a Comeback tells a fascinating, complex story of corporate ambition, artistic vision, and theatrical collaboration. Kunze brilliantly reveals how the interdependence of theater and animation, New York City and theme parks, Hollywood producers and Broadway musical theater artists enabled Disney's breathtaking success."- Stacy Wolf, author of Beyond Broadway: The Pleasure and Promise of Musical Theatre across America
Book Information
ISBN 9781978827813
Author Peter C. Kunze
Format Paperback
Page Count 222
Imprint Rutgers University Press
Publisher Rutgers University Press
Weight(grams) 50g
Dimensions(mm) 235mm * 156mm * 30mm