TY - BOOK AU - Balcerzak,Scott ED - Project Muse. TI - Buffoon men: classic Hollywood comedians and queered masculinity T2 - Contemporary approaches to film and media series SN - 9780814339664 AV - PN1995.9.C55 B345 2013 U1 - 791.43/617/0973 23 PY - 2013///] CY - Detroit, Michigan PB - Wayne State University Press KW - Queer theory KW - Masculinity in motion pictures KW - Motion pictures KW - Social aspects KW - United States KW - Comedy films KW - History and criticism KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-248) and index; Introduction: "Someone like me for a member": classic Hollywood comedians and buffoonish masculinity -- "Novelties and notions": Mae West meets W. C. Fields -- Con men and henpecked husbands: W. C. Fields as masculine icon -- "Whitefacing" the nebbish: Eddie Cantor's assimilation and influence -- Queered radio / Queered cinema: Jack Benny's mediated voice -- Queering the fraternity: Laurel and Hardy and heterosexual brotherhood -- Military disservice: Wheeler and Woolsey and Abbott and Costello join the army -- Conclusion: Beyond classic Hollywood /beyond buffoonish masculinity UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780814339664/ ER -