[Film: The King of Comedy, Martin Scorsese, 1982] Schmuck for a Lifetime: Ambiguity, Fantasy, and Narrative Art in Martin Scorsese’s The King of Comedy

Introduction: The King of Comedy—a financial-failure-turned-cult-classic about an obsessive aspiring stand-up comic who decides he is owed an appearance on the late night talk show hosted by his idol—represents a uniquely excellent demonstration of the power of ambiguity in art, and of the way that ambiguity, uncertainty, and indirectness[. . .] Continue reading The above article first appeared on…