Saw the WC Fields exhibit at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center... "The Peregrinations & Pettifoggery of W.C. Fields".A nice exhibit in their smaller Vincent Astor Gallery on the Amsterdam Avenue side of the library...
Lots of posters and ephemera... And multi-media presentations of Field's motion pictures and radio broadcast appearances...
Much of Field's humor about drinking too much was thought to be funny back in his day. Not unlike when some of Bill Maher's makes constant tiresome references to being a stoner... or Alec Mapa makes Ambien jokes.
But unlike his contemporaries Fields also created a loveable cartoon-ish character that is still distinct and iconic well into the next century...
The exhibit is worth seeing if you're in the area or are a fan of the performer or his varied genre...
The Peregrinations & Pettifoggery of W.C. Fields
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Now through August 21, 2010
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498
(212) 870-1630
2 comments:
That sounds like a fun exhibit.
Fields was an absolute genius, wish I had seen the exhibit too.
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