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title: "Fosse Hardcover – November 5, 2013"
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# Fosse Hardcover – November 5, 2013

**Brand:** sam wasson
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Exhaustive and Exhausting
  

*by B***N on Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2019*

Television brought me to this biography. I watched the "Fosse/Verdon" miniseries, which reminded me how much I loved 'Pajama Game' and 'Damn Yankees'. Ultimately, it peaked my interest a bit more in the Bob Fosse - Gwen Verdon relationship. I wasn't a huge fan of 'Sweet Charity' (having only seen the movie) but fundamentally, I do love musicals; the incongruity of people bursting into song doesn't bother me because there's such creativity behind the expression. So when the series was over, I snapped up the book.It's a hefty one - the softcover having 500 plus pages - and the author never misses a beat. Sam Wasson has pulled together an exhaustive look at Fosse the dancer, the director, the sometime actor, the husband, the lover and the friend - no easy task - and provides sources for nearly every word he's written. It's an amazing book, about an incredibly complex man.Fosse's influence on film and dance is undeniable, and his learning curve, as he developed his relationships with each aspect of entertainment, was aggressive and trendsetting. His relationships with people, even those he purported to love, were less productive as his own internal torment drove him ever harder. Although I found the biography fascinating, those described personal relationships made it increasingly difficult for me to read.  I knew what I was getting into, but I didn't realize just how damaging his childhood was for him, how difficult an environment the entertainment industry was for him as he was driven to excel, and how that was reflected in his personal relationships.Wasson doesn't just report; he provides opinions of friends and relations, so you get a well-rounded view of everything Fosse. An exceptionally well-written biography about a very talented, tormented man.I should point out that this book is indeed about Fosse, and does not focus on Gwen Verdon, or their relationship, as  the Fosse/Verdon television series did.  In addition, the series took the usual liberties that television must do in order to manage time/entertainment - so there are discrepancies.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Very Entertaining
  

*by M***O on Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2019*

No, he wasn't the most likable guy in town, but he was an interesting character. Not reading this because he was unpleasant or selfish (as at least one reviewer stated) is missing the point. Reading the book is not a stamp of approval for his lifestyle; most people who read books about Stalin aren't carrying Stalin Fan Club cards (although I admit I never liked the movie "All That Jazz" because I disliked the Gideon/Fosse character - or Roy Schieder's portrayal of him, perhaps).This is a study about creativity and talent and haunted and damaged people, well-researched and written. I read it because I enjoyed "Fosse/Verdon", the miniseries based on it. Found it to be really rather monumental - it's quite long for a showiz bio - and a fairly serious work. Not sure how profound any of its lessons might be, but it is entertaining.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Five, six, seven, eight....
  

*by B***N on Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2014*

At first you think - my god - this tome is the size of a NYC phone book!  How could there possibly be that much to say about Bob Fosse.  But - there is.Loving biographies feels too often like looking for the kind of high that got one addicted in the first place - elusive, frustrating, and far too often, disappointing.  Of the new breed, Amanda Vaill delivers - and now - Sam Wasson.The perfect mix of love, depth, research, personal commitment and psychological insight go into the cocktail that delivers a fully formed soul back to the page - for us to breathe in, learn from - if only to learn what not to do.If he'd never done more than change the vocabulary of dance.  If he'd never done more than create Cabaret, Lenny and All That Jazz, three films that define American "auteur" - and deliver singular artistic power - beyond almost anything created in the last fifty years. If he'd never done anything more than usher Kander and Ebb onto the world stage, knocking the phony, pristine sparkle off the idea of American glamour - in a way that allowed us to grow up and look at ourselves - like adults -But - of course, he did all that. And Sam came to understand the demons that drove him and limited him and haunted him and - in the end - did him in.  But not before he left us with a world changed by his being here.  Bravo to Bob.  And Bravo to Sam.

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