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\nElvis pieces (just a few): <\/p>\n
Most recently, I wrote about Marion Keisker’s crucial role in “discovering” Elvis<\/a>.<\/p>\n I wrote on his acting career for Film Comment<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n For Criterion: Elvis\u2019s Adventures in Hollywood<\/a><\/p>\n And here’s the text of the talk I gave in Memphis<\/a> – at the movie theatre where Elvis used to hang out – about Elvis’ acting career.<\/p>\n My old friend Pat McCurdy and I chatted on the phone about Elvis. I recorded it<\/a>.<\/p>\n I’ve written so much here about him. I’ll pull out just a couple. <\/p>\n Elvis entering his own dreamspace<\/a> in King Creole<\/i>. <\/p>\n This<\/a> is a really important piece, if I do say so myself. In it, I talk about Elvis as a burlesque artist and how he “uses” himself as a performer in a way normally associated with women. And when he does it, all he has to do is stand there. <\/p>\n Annual birthday post: Elvis, the Twin Who Lived<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Elvis pieces (just a few): Most recently, I wrote about Marion Keisker’s crucial role in “discovering” Elvis. I wrote on his acting career for Film Comment For Criterion: Elvis\u2019s Adventures in Hollywood And here’s the text of the talk I … Continue reading