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Born Standing Up:

A Comic's Life
Frontcover
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Scribner, 20.11.2007 - 224 Seiten
In the midseventies, Steve Martin exploded onto the comedy scene. By 1978 he was the biggest concert draw in the history of stand-up. In 1981 he quit forever. This book is, in his own words, the story of "why I did stand-up and why I walked away."

Emmy and Grammy Award winner, author of the acclaimed New York Times bestsellers Shopgirl and The Pleasure of My Company, and a regular contributor to The New Yorker, Martin has always been awriter. His memoir of his years in stand-up is candid, spectacularly amusing, and beautifully written.

At age ten Martin started his career at Disneyland, selling guidebooks in the newly opened theme park. In the decade that followed, he worked in the Disney magic shop and the Bird Cage Theatre at Knott's Berry Farm, performing his first magic/comedy act a dozen times a week. The story of these years, during which he practiced and honed his craft, is moving and revelatory. The dedication to excellence and innovation is formed at an astonishingly early age and never wavers or wanes.

Martin illuminates the sacrifice, discipline, and originality that made him an icon and informs his work to this day. To be this good, to perform so frequently, was isolating and lonely. It took Martin decades to reconnect with his parents and sister, and he tells that story with great tenderness. Martin also paints a portrait of his times -- the era of free love and protests against the war in Vietnam, the heady irreverence of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour in the late sixties, and the transformative new voice of Saturday Night Live in the seventies.

Throughout the text, Martin has placed photographs, many never seen before. Born Standing Up is a superb testament to the sheer tenacity, focus, and daring of one of the greatest and most iconoclastic comedians of all time.

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First of all, Steve Martin is a great writer. - Goodreads
I also didn't know he was a writer. - Goodreads
The ending was decent though and a quicker read. - Goodreads
The pictures included in the book are great fun. - Goodreads
I love his writing style. - Goodreads
Steve Martin is a good writer, this was just boring. - Goodreads

Review: Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

Nutzerbericht  - Louise - Goodreads

For someone who writes such great comedy, I had expected more than this, not just the length of the narrative (this is an essay, more than a book) but more insight. Martin gives us his thoughts on ... Vollständige Rezension lesen

Review: Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

Nutzerbericht  - Kaitlin - Goodreads

Started off slow for me, then really picked up towards the end. I'm a fan of Steve Martin's writing and screenwriting, so I was pretty excited to read this for his own literary take on his stand up ... Vollständige Rezension lesen

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Über den Autor (2007)

Steve Martin is one of today's most talented performers. He has had huge success as a film actor, with such credits as Cheaper by the Dozen, Father of the Bride, Roxanne, Parenthood, L.A. Story, and many others. He has won Emmys for his television writing and two Grammys for his comedy albums. In addition to his bestselling novel The Pleasure of My Company and a collection of comic pieces, Pure Drivel, he has also written a play, Picasso at the Lapin Agile. He lives in Los Angeles.

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TitelBorn Standing Up: A Comic's Life
AutorSteve Martin
Ausgabeillustriert
VerlagScribner, 2007
ISBN141656974X, 9781416569749
Länge224 Seiten
  
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