Heroin, Acting, and Comedy in New York City

• Main Author: Spunt, Barry. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Motion pictures > United States.; Sociology, Urban.; Self.; Identity (Psychology).; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781137599728
• Physical Description: VII, 191 p. online resource.

This book focuses on New York City-based actors and comedians who are self-acknowledged heroin users. Barry Spunt examines a number of hypotheses about the reasons why actors and comedians use heroin as well as the impact of heroin on performance, creativity, and career trajectory. A primary concern...