Center Square: The Paul Lynde Story
by Steve Wilson (Author), Joe Florenski
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During his three decades as a popular character actor on television, film and the stage, Paul Lynde's arch and bitchy wit snuck regular doses of the queer world into that bastion of intolerance: the American living room. Paul showed mainstream viewers that a gay man could deliver jokes, not just be the butt of them. In doing so, he helped make homosexuality more palatable to unwitting viewers who simply saw him as a stylish, funny man. Biographers Steve Wilson and Joe Florenski reveal the show more true story not only about Paul's life, but also his mysterious and controversial death. show lessTags
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Hold onto your hats, folks -- Paul Lynde, beloved TV star of the 70s, was not only a rabid anti-semite, but also was a miserable prick in general. If you liked Lynde and don't want your illusions shattered, you probably shouldn't pick up this biography.
Even apart from the fact that Lynde was just an unpleasant character, this book will annoy you, as it was full of errors and needed a pretty serious copy edit. Unfortunately, I can't remember any examples, and I no longer have the book, but it was bad enough to be distracting.
In general, sort of a downer on every level.
Even apart from the fact that Lynde was just an unpleasant character, this book will annoy you, as it was full of errors and needed a pretty serious copy edit. Unfortunately, I can't remember any examples, and I no longer have the book, but it was bad enough to be distracting.
In general, sort of a downer on every level.
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- Biography & Memoir, Nonfiction, LGBTQ+, Sexuality and Gender Studies, General Nonfiction
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- 792.028092 — Arts & recreation Recreation, sports, and performing arts Stage presentations modified standard subdivisions Techniques, procedures, apparatus, equipment, materials, miscellany Acting and Performance modified standard subdivisions History, geographic treatment, biography Biography
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- PN2287 .L96 .W55 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Drama Dramatic representation. The theater Special regions or countries
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