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Fosse

Tekijä: Sam Wasson

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"We see Bob Fosse's legacy everywhere--from Broadway to "Billy Jean" to Beyonce;'s moves in the "Single Ladies" video. Yet in spite of Fosse's deep cultural significance, no biography has ever brought him fully to life, unveiling the man behind the bowler hat and the swaggering sex appeal. Now, acclaimed cultural historian Sam Wasson traces Fosse's numberless reinventions of himself over a career that would spawn The Pajama Game, Cabaret, Pippin, Chicago, All That Jazz, and other iconic works of art and earn him Tonys, Emmys, and an Oscar. Wasson traces not only Fosse's prodigious professional life, but his intense relationships with everyone from Liza Minnelli, Fred Astaire, and Neil Simon to Shirley MacLaine, Jessica Lange, and Dustin Hoffman. Through extensive interviews with collaborators and lovers and unprecedented access to Fosse's archives, Wasson also reveals the deep wounds that propelled his subject's excessive appetites--for spotlights, women, and life itself. In Fosse, Wasson's stylish, effervescent prose proves the ideal vehicle for reanimating Bob Fosse as he truly was--after hours, close up, and in vibrant color"--… (lisätietoja)

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This substantial and very well researched biography of Bob Fosse is also beautifully and clearly written. Fosse was a dancer from a young age as a boy in Chicago. His dancing became a source of income for his family. Vaudeville and burlesque followed. His early sexual experiences with dancers as a largely unsupervised teen affected the rest of his life. One stripper he worked with said “He is the greatest lay I have ever had in my life. There is absolutely no one more sexually competent than this man.” Apparently that skill translated to dancing and choreography.

Fosse was a complicated man. Addicted to Dexedrine and cigarettes, “sex and work” seemed to be the only things to make him feel whole. Success was as debilitating as failure, and Fosse didn’t have much failure, although he felt like one.

Sam Wasson interviewed over three hundred of Fosse’s “dancers, friends, family, lovers, collaborators and enemies.” What he uncovered was “the common theme was love: Fosse’s for them, theirs for him.” It shows in this book. (

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Hagelstein | Aug 28, 2021 |

Outstanding biography of a complex, driven, self-destructive artist plagued by doubt and distrust. (

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beaujoe | May 11, 2021 |

This volume has everything you've ever wanted to know about famous choreographer (and actor) Bob Fosse. Still known for his distinctive style and thru the movie "All That Jazz," Fosse led a remarkable life. He was the epitome of a narcissistic, brilliant, charismatic, but ultimately troubled artist. I don't generally read biographies but I found this one fascinating (if a bit overfull of details). Amazing guy. (

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abycats | May 11, 2018 |

FOSSE is a great read. I have no great affinity for choreographers so I wouldn't normally pick up this book except that it received a good review in the NY Times and I do like so many of the musicals that Fosse choreographed and even directed. There is more detail than I need on each production that he was involved in, but it is the arc of his life that interested me. He was a womanizer despite having had several wives but the ex-wives continued to like and respect Fosse. His leading ladies normally slept with him as did the young girls he would select for the chorus but it was never seedy. All were consensual; Fosse knew he had a problem in that he couldn't stay with one woman but it never comes off as mean, seedy or deceitful. Fosse was very open about everything he did and kept no secrets from his various wives and lovers who sometimes worked together with Fosse. He was considered a genius and greatly admired by those he worked with. The book offers a great view into musical making and movie making. I highly recommend it. I am glad I read it. (

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SigmundFraud | Mar 9, 2014 |

Why this book? It's the book that inspired the series on FX/Hulu, which is the best thing I've watched in a long time.

Jinjer | Jul 19, 2021 |

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George Freedley Memorial Award (Special Jury Prize – 2014)

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Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year (Tietokirjallisuus – 2013)

NPR: Books We Love (2013)

Publishers Weekly's Best Books of the Year (Tietokirjallisuus – 2013)

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Los Angeles Public Library Best of the Year (Non-Fiction – 2013)

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"We see Bob Fosse's legacy everywhere--from Broadway to "Billy Jean" to Beyonce;'s moves in the "Single Ladies" video. Yet in spite of Fosse's deep cultural significance, no biography has ever brought him fully to life, unveiling the man behind the bowler hat and the swaggering sex appeal. Now, acclaimed cultural historian Sam Wasson traces Fosse's numberless reinventions of himself over a career that would spawn The Pajama Game, Cabaret, Pippin, Chicago, All That Jazz, and other iconic works of art and earn him Tonys, Emmys, and an Oscar. Wasson traces not only Fosse's prodigious professional life, but his intense relationships with everyone from Liza Minnelli, Fred Astaire, and Neil Simon to Shirley MacLaine, Jessica Lange, and Dustin Hoffman. Through extensive interviews with collaborators and lovers and unprecedented access to Fosse's archives, Wasson also reveals the deep wounds that propelled his subject's excessive appetites--for spotlights, women, and life itself. In Fosse, Wasson's stylish, effervescent prose proves the ideal vehicle for reanimating Bob Fosse as he truly was--after hours, close up, and in vibrant color"--

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