{"product_id":"billy-wilder-some-like-it-hot","title":"Billy Wilder \u0026 Some Like It Hot By Gehring, Wes","description":"\u003cp\u003e   The American Film Institute has ranked \u003ci\u003eSome Like it Hot\u003c\/i\u003e as the greatest comedy of the 20th century for 25 years. However, no one has ever unlocked the secret of its success. It is true that much has been written about its talented co-writer director Billy Wilder, but the material is soon bogged down in the trainwreck casting of the unstable Marilyn Monroe. Wilder manages to get a performance out of her. However, the real untapped enigma of \u003ci\u003eHot\u003c\/i\u003e''s greatness is Wilder''s career up to its production. He had fully nailed the six comedy subgenres, and his masterful crazy quilt intertwining of parody, dark comedy, romantic comedy, personality comedian, screwball comedy and populism was the trick.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Plus, \"Nobody''s Perfect\" at the close of the film was Wilder''s own little LGBTQ+ time bomb waiting to happen. At the end of his screenplay (1959) he wrote that America was just not ready for Joe E. Brown''s comment. But just look at the current critical and commercial musical comedy success adaptation of \u003ci\u003eHot\u003c\/i\u003e. As most critics suggest, the provocative Wilder would be loving it. This book explores the history, context, and success secrets of this venerated American comedy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57836571820414,"sku":"NW9781476694405","price":33.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/billy-wilder-some-like-it-hot","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}