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Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life Издательство: Scribner, 2007 г Суперобложка, 224 стр ISBN 1416553649 Язык: Английский инфо 7581a.

In the mid-seventies, 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 "Born Standing Up" is, in his own wordsаэерс, the story of "why I did stand-up and why I walked away" 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 Knotблкиуt'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 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 painбсеъхts 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 Автор Стив Мартин Steve Martin Имя при рождении Stephen Glenn Martin Так же известен как Pig Eye Jackson Один из лучших комедийных актеров современного Голливуда, Стив Мартин родился 14 августа 1945 года в Вако (штат Техас, США) Образование получил в Калифорнийском университете в .