Author Steven Shaviro

Steven Shaviro

Steven Shaviro is the DeRoy Professor of English at Wayne State University. He is the author of The Cinematic Body (1993), Post-Cinematic Affect (2010), and Melancholia, or, The Romantic Anti-Sublime (2012), among other works.

The Big Mouth (1967)

July 2016

Deconstructing Jerry: Lewis as Director

Hitchcockian Comedy and Jewish Kabuki: Jerry Lewis’ The Big Mouth (1967) One way to think about The Big Mouth (1967) is to see it as Jerry Lewis’ parody – or better, his loose remake – of Alfred...