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The Fun Factory
From its founding in 1912, the short-lived Keystone Film Company—home of the frantic, bumbling Kops and Mack Sennett's Bathing Beauties—made an indelible mark on American popular culture with its high-energy comic shorts. Even as Keystone brought "lowbrow" comic traditions to the screen, the studio played a key role in reformulating those traditions for a new, cross-class audience. In The Fun Factory, Rob King explores the dimensions of that process, arguing for a new understanding of working-class cultural practices within early cinematic mass culture. He shows how Keystone fashioned a style of film comedy from the roughhouse humor of cheap theater, pioneering modes of representation that satirized film industry attempts at uplift. Interdisciplinary in its approach, The Fun Factory offers a unique studio history that views the changing politics of early film culture through the sociology of laughter.
Hokum!
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Hokum! is the first book to take a comprehensive view of short-subject slapstick comedy in the early sound era. Challenging the received wisdom that sound destroyed the slapstick tradition, author Rob King explores the slapstick short’s Depression-era development against a backdrop of changes in film industry practice, comedic tastes, and moviegoing culture. Each chapter is grounded in case studies of comedians and comic teams, including the Three Stooges, Laurel and Hardy, and Robert Benchley. The book also examines how the past legacy of silent-era slapstick was subsequently reimagined as part of a nostalgic mythology of Hollywood’s youth.
From the Bottom of the Heap
In 1970, a jury convicted Robert Hillary King of a crime he did not commit and sentenced him to 35 years in prison. He became a member of the Black Panther Party while in Angola State Penitentiary, successfully organizing prisoners to improve conditions. In return, prison authorities beat him, starved him, and gave him life without parole after framing him for a second crime. He was thrown into solitary confinement, where he remained in a six-by-nine-foot cell for 29 years as one of the Angola 3. In 2001, the state grudgingly acknowledged his innocence and set him free. This is his story. It begins at the beginning: born black, born poor, born in Louisiana in 1942, King journeyed to Chicago ...
Digital Workforce
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) has grown from a relatively obscure technology that few recognised to significantly disrupting the workforce in just a few short years. Analysts predict the growth will continue exponentially.But what is the truth? How do you distinguish between the hype and the myths that now surround this topic? Whether it's Bill Gates suggesting RPA should be taxed, or predictions of massive job losses, there is a lot of confusion about what RPA really is and what impact it will have.Whatever industry sector you find yourself in, no matter how large or small, you will find that RPA will become the backbone of your future workforce if you are to continue to meet the changin...
The Alethean Legacy
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Waiting for Birds
Waiting For Birds is a collection that traverses nearly half a century and three countries. With a compassionate and humorous eye, Rob King takes himself and the reader from a childhood in Yorkshire - listening to the radiogram, making jam, or watching a neighbour fishing for hens, through the challenges of working with the homeless in Scotland, and worm-watching with one of his sons, to the new life he found in New Zealand, observing people at Ngaio train station, cycling the streets and just ...waiting for birds.
King & I
Graham Kennedy collected around him some of the brightest talents of the Australian entertainment industry. For two decades high-flying sports journalist Rob Astbury was at the center of that circle, sharing Kennedy's bed and his bleakest moments. For years Astbury refused all financial incentives to tell his story, but now he reveals what life was like with Graham. Graham Cyril Kennedy reigned for three decades as the undisputed king of the world of Australian television. Beloved of mums and dads across the nation, he enjoyed virtually limitless power, wealth and fame. But lurking behind the facade of rapier quick repartee and bug-eyed joviality was a dark and twisted soul. Cruel, vindictive and wolfishly self-obsessed, Kennedy was obliged to conceal his sexual preferences at a time when being openly gay meant professional suicide.This ongoing denial, combined with an inhibited and unhappy childhood, gave birth to a bitter and suspicious nature. He was a man who opened himself up only to a minute circle of confidants.This will be a 'no holds barred' account of their lengthy relationship where Astbury reveals a frightened, often vicious, occasionally tender, control freak.
The Spirit Within
Sometimes Christians--even those of us who have been following Jesus for a long time--have a sense of something missing. We feel that we should be more comfortable and confident in our relationship with God. We wonder, Shouldn't I be more capable, peaceful, joyful, and spiritual? We are hungry for more. Pastors Rob King and Eric Ferris explore this longing of "something missing" in their effective and inspirational new release by explaining how you can experience an ongoing, renewable, increasing awareness of the Holy Spirit within.
My Revision Notes: AQA A2 Chemistry ePub
Unlock your full potential with these revision guides which focus on the key content and skills you need to know. With My Revision Notes for AQA A2 Chemistry you can: Take control of your revision: plan and focus on the areas you need to revise with content summaries and commentary from author Rob King Use the worked examples to improve your understanding of chemical calculations Apply chemical terms accurately with the help of definitions and key words on all topics Improve your skills to tackle specific exam questions such as [subject example] with self-testing and exam-style questions and answers Get exam-ready with last-minute quick quizzes at www.hodderplus.co.uk/myrevisionnotes
Getting Gigs! The Musician's and Singer's Survival Guide to Booking Better Paying Jobs
A comprehensive guide to finding the best paying gigs for musicians and singers, from their local area to the international stage. A music business veteran gives the inside track to creating a profitable career in the performing arts, from local bars to cruise ships. Includes interviews with successful musicians and enter-tainment directors who share their secrets in landing the best paying gigs. Also includes directories of resources for further research.
