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146: 1586: 36: 775:. When first published, this novel received lukewarm reviews and indifferent sales. A few months later, Perelman was interviewed for a national publication. The interviewer asked Perelman if he had read anything funny lately. Perelman—a man not noted for generosity with his praise—went to considerable lengths to commend 1222:
direct assault on culture ... to flay the barbarian enemy: the hucksters and the hacks, the beaming empty face of commercial society ... It was his special pleasure in the '30s and '40s to take some inoffensive professional manual by the scruff and wring from it every drop of false feeling or
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has in turn admitted to being influenced by Perelman and recently has written tributes in very much the same style. The two once happened to have dinner at the same restaurant, and when the elder humorist sent his compliments, the younger comedian mistook it for a joke. Authors that admired
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in which he gives acid (and disillusioned) descriptions of recent viewings of movies (and recent re-readings of novels) that had enthralled him as a youth in Providence, Rhode Island, later as a student at Brown University, and then while a struggling comic artist in Greenwich Village.
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turned rather sour when late in his life he (temporarily) relocated to England. He returned to New York in 1972, having concluded that "English life, while very pleasant, is rather bland. I expected kindness and gentility and I found it, but there is such a thing as too much couth."
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Perelman reportedly regarded children as a nuisance. His son Adam (born in 1936) committed several robberies in the mid-1950s, was accused of attempted rape, and ended up in a reformatory for wayward boys. The two things that brought Perelman happiness were his MG automobile and a
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Perelman also occasionally used a form of word play that was, apparently, unique to him. He would take a common word or phrase and change its meaning completely within the context of what he was writing, generally in the direction of the ridiculous. In
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Sometimes he gleaned an apparently off-hand phrase from a newspaper article or magazine advertisement and then write a brief, satiric play or sketch inspired by that phrase. A typical example is his 1950s work "No Starch in the Dhoti,
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Perelman wrote many brief, humorous descriptions of his travels for various magazines, and of his travails on his Pennsylvania farm, all of which were collected into books. (A few were illustrated by caricaturist
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People like SJ Perelman and EB White – people who could do certain amazing things in prose. Perelman was the first true American surrealist – ranking with the best in the world surrealist movement.
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In other sketches, Perelman satirized popular magazines or story genres of his day. In "Somewhere a Roscoe," he pokes fun at the "purple prose" writing style of 1930s pulp magazines such as
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has declared his admiration for Perelman's writing. Keillor's "Jack Schmidt, Arts Administrator" is a parody of Perelman's classic "Farewell, My Lovely Appetizer", itself a parody of the
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writers of the era frequently produced. Yet his references to himself were typically wittily self-deprecatory—as for example, "before they made S.J. Perelman, they broke the mold."
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writer of the United States. In these numerous brief sketches he pioneered a new and unique style, using parody to "wring every drop of false feeling or slovenly thinking."
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They were infused with a sense of ridicule, irony, and wryness and frequently used his own misadventures as their theme. Perelman chose to describe these pieces as
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Perelman wrote at least five original plays produced on Broadway from 1932 to 1963, two as collaborators with his wife Laura. The first was the musical revue
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A number of his works were set in Hollywood and in various places around the world. He stated that as a young man he was heavily influenced by
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to be a novel, it is actually his first collection of humorous pieces, many written while he was a student at Brown. It is largely considered
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Perelman is highly regarded for his humorous short pieces that he published in magazines in the 1930s and 1940s, most often in
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Perelman's personal life was difficult. In 1929 at the age of 25 he married the 18-year-old sister of his school friend
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Along with his explicit credits, Perelman and Laura West Perelman worked as contract screenwriters for
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was very different from those sketches of the inept "little man" struggling to cope with life that
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The phrase "crazy like a fox" gained popularity after Perelman used it as a book title in 1944.
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the same year. They remained married until Laura's death in 1970. Perelman did not remarry.
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and screenwriter. He is best known for his humorous short pieces written over many years for
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and liberally sprinkled his prose with these phrases, thus paving the way for the likes of
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The marriage was strained from the start because of his innumerable affairs (notably with
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in multiple roles, fared less well, its short run attributed in part to the 114-day
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listed Perelman as a major influence in his December 13, 2012 interview on the
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A vitriolic but amusing review of Perelman's career and alleged demise
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And Did You Once See Sidney Plain? A Random Memoir of S.J. Perelman
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Don't Mention the Marx Brothers: Reminiscences of S.J. Perelman
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in 1921, where he became editor of the campus humor magazine
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In cinema, Perelman is noted for co-writing scripts for the
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Perelman, S. J. (January 1, 1949). "Stringing Up Father".
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Perelman was indirectly responsible for the success of
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New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay
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Perelman picked up plenty of pungent expressions from
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William Cole and George Plimpton (Summer–Fall 1963).
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Don't Tread on Me: Selected Letters of S.J. Perelman
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and made uncredited contributions for films such as
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Members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
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Beginning with an off-hand phrase in a 144: 1640:Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay 1582:Encyclopedia Brunoniana entry on Perelman 801: 466:thief that he should have been arrested. 120:Learn how and when to remove this message 1480:. NY: Infobase Publishing. p. 154. 1423: 1371: 1352: 1272: 1234: 1121: 1119: 1117: 1087: 1085: 1063: 930:(collection of re-printed pieces) (1958) 328:. For these, he is considered the first 1473: 497:school of tough, amorous 'private-eye' 222: 1929; died 1970) 14: 3330: 525:, which opened in December 1932. With 2605: 1612: 1599: 1507: 1353:Perelman, S. J. (December 16, 1944). 1238:Twentieth Century American Literature 1145: 1114: 1082: 760: 1312:"S.J. Perelman talks to Tony Bilbow" 1091: 529:, he wrote the book for the musical 514: 471:Perelman's ingenious style included 434:and Flann O'Brien, particularly his 58:adding citations to reliable sources 29: 3398:20th-century American screenwriters 1094:"'I Don't Believe in Kindly Humor'" 551:1962 New York City newspaper strike 24: 3393:20th-century American male writers 1508:Ammer, Christine (April 1, 1997). 25: 3424: 3388:American male non-fiction writers 1546: 1127:"S.J. Perelman, Crazy Like a Fox" 27:American screenwriter (1904–1979) 3368:Screenwriters from New York City 1734:Heinz Herald, Geza Herczeg, and 1587:Works by or about S. J. Perelman 1375:Conversations with S.J. Perelman 1276:Conversations with S.J. Perelman 1092:Lahr, John (September 7, 1986). 990:Conversations with S.J. Perelman 709: 349:, written in collaboration with 264:Early life, family and education 34: 1566:Some information about Perelman 1501: 1467: 1447: 1417: 1403: 1380:University Press of Mississippi 1365: 1355:"Farewell, My Lovely Appetizer" 1346: 1281:University Press of Mississippi 1210:The flinty eye behind the humor 1157:NewEnglandHistoricalSociety.com 1131:NewEnglandHistoricalSociety.com 1057: 1032:. G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1986). 796: 219: 45:needs additional citations for 1326: 1304: 1266: 1228: 1198: 1171: 1023:S.J. Perelman A Critical Study 726:as contract screenwriters for 594:His official credits include: 13: 1: 3348:Jewish American screenwriters 1474:Buckley, Christopher (2008). 1075: 487:Oxford Book of Humorous Prose 392:article ("...the late Pandit 309:in Manhattan, New York City. 3403:Classical High School alumni 1018:. Twayne Publishers, (1983). 998:(UK reprinted pieces) (2000) 7: 3373:American male screenwriters 1372:Teicholz, Tom, ed. (1995). 1273:Teicholz, Tom, ed. (1995). 912:Under the Spreading Atrophy 890:The Ill-Tempered Clavichord 690:Around the World in 80 Days 575:Around the World in 80 Days 501:. Irish comedian and actor 260:for screenwriting in 1956. 10: 3429: 3408:20th-century American Jews 3109:Charlie and Donald Kaufman 1025:. Greenwood Press, (1987). 1004:(Library of America)(2021) 996:The World of S.J. Perelman 884:A Child's Garden of Curses 684:The Night Before Christmas 287:in Providence. He entered 3092: 2853: 2639: 2360: 2137: 1894: 1646: 1606: 1601:Awards for S. J. Perelman 1424:Mitchell, Martha (1993). 1399:– via Google Books. 1300:– via Google Books. 1262:– via Google Books. 1009:Books about S.J. Perelman 928:The Most of S.J. Perelman 902:Perelman's Home Companion 896:Hold that Christmas Tiger 878:The Swiss Family Perelman 872:Listen to the Mockingbird 860:The Best of S.J. Perelman 300: 229: 203: 193: 185: 171: 152: 143: 136: 3311:and Alex Mechanik (2023) 3153:Joel Coen and Ethan Coen 2433:Joel Coen and Ethan Coen 1561:. 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