An Underrated Icon? | Considering Doris Day

Very glowing biography | Considering Doris Day | Tom Santopietro

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	• Considering Doris Day Tom Santopietro St. Martin's Griffin, 2008 - 400 pages average customer review:based on 22 reviews view larger image
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Things Of the Past

D.D. is a connivingt woman. She has taken over the Music Of Your Life and now The Best Music Ever recorded. She apparently lent financial support to Chuck and his son, Karl, as they think she is just marvelous. The listeners do not, and we'd like to have a break from her put-on sexy tone. It is so false. She is a parody and should have stayed in seclusion with her animals at Mt. Carmel. Then perhaps Chuck could get back to being a hospitable host. As it is now, you'd think she is running him and the network, so all we can believe is that (1) he either married her, or (2) she bought the networks and they have to play her stuff.

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An Underrated Icon?

Today, forty years after her last film, how many would name Doris Day as the #1 female movie star of all time in terms of box office? This book definitely has value as a reference for Day fans particularly for its comprehensive catalog of her recordings. The author rates all her films, records, and TV shows. His opinions, of course, are subject to question. He tends to be repetitious and I sometimes found his overly personal and informal style to be annoying. It should be understood that the book is a detailed analysis of her career rather than her personal life.

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Very glowing biography

The author really raves about Doris Day even when she is not that good, he'll defend her work. Doris is a very talented singer/actress who has done some very notable work. He is pretty honest about her clunkers, in movies/music, even though I might have liked that movie. However, he gives a good luck at her career through music, movies, and tv. He also provides a good overview of the era in which she worked, discussing how studios made movies in the 50's. It's a good, unvarnished book that you'll enjoy. There are a few lists at the end detailing all her movies/music along with his personal comments.

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A revealing look at a star who was much more than just our favorite girl next door.

The biggest female box office attraction in Hollywood history, Doris Day remains unequaled as the only entertainer who has ever triumphed in movies, radio, recordings, and television. But while on screen Day may have projected a wholesome image, her acting and singing range made her the role model for independent American career women for four decades.

In Considering Doris Day, Tom Santopietro reveals why Day?s work continues to resonate today, both in ever-increasing record sales and Hollywood lifetime achievement awards. Placing Day?s work within the social context of America in the second half of the twentieth century, Considering Doris Day is smart, funny, and grants Doris Day her rightful place as a singular American artist.

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