“…At the age of twenty-five, he was touring here with a vaudeville troupe when his talents caught the eye of entertainment entrepreneur Mack Sennett of the Keystone Film Studio, who spirited him off to California and signed him to a film contract. …”

“…Voici l'Autre en spectacle – dans les foires, les cirques, le vaudeville, le drame, le ballet, l'opéra, les Expositions universelles, le cabaret, le cinéma. …”

“…Viewed by most critics as vulgar and sensationalistic, the vaudeville aesthetic was celebrated by other writers for its vitality, its liveliness, and its playfulness.The Wow Climax follows in the path of this more laudatory tradition, drawing out the range of emotions in popular culture and mapping what we might call an aesthetic of immediacy. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Van Dyke and The City; Ideas About War and Society; Frank Capra and Why We Fight; Humphrey Jennings and Diary for Timothy; Conclusion; Chapter 4 The Influence of the Popular Arts; Vaudeville; The Musical; The Theatre; Radio; Chapter 5 Editors Who Became Directors; Robert Wise; The Set-Up; I Want to Live!…”

“…Les parodistes comme Fuzelier, Favart, Romagnesi ou Despréaux, manient autant l’art des vaudevilles que celui du pastiche, et possèdent une riche culture littéraire et musicale. …”

“…En quarante ans de carrière, il parvint à déployer des talents variés : tour à tour, ou simultanément, auteur de féeries, de vaudevilles, de comédies de mœurs, de satires sociales, de drames historiques ou psychologiques, il fut aussi metteur en scène, décorateur à ses heures, agent littéraire et promoteur de spectacles. …”