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Bean There Done That: The Life and Times of Rowan Atkinson | 
 enlarge | Author: Bruce Dessau
Publisher: Stewart, Tabori, & Chang
Category: Book
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 1339772
Media: Paperback
Pages: 112
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 11.5 x 9 x 0.5
ISBN: 1556707134
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.4372
EAN: 9781556707131
ASIN: 1556707134
Publication Date: March 1998
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Product Description
With the release of "Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie", and its largely American setting, Atkinson's zany brand of humor has now become accessible to an even wider audience. This well-illustrated book includes all the best routines, lines, and characters in an affectionate celebration of Rowan Atkinson's career. 80 color photos .
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 Superficial, but with BIG COLOR PHOTOS July 23, 2002
Andrew McCaffrey (Satellite of Love, Maryland)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Bruce Dessau has written two books on the life and career of British comedian Rowan Atkinson. The first one that I read (simply titled ROWAN ATKINSON) was a three hundred and fifty page biography -- a detailed and concise history of the man's television, film, and theatre work. This volume, BEAN THERE DONE THAT, covers the same material in coffee-table form, but only taking one hundred and twelve pages to do so. What this book lacks in content, it makes up for in large, glossy, color photographs of the clown himself. It's a fairly good summary of Atkinson's career, though after reading the more in-depth tome, this slimmer volume can't help but feel watered down.Like Dessau's other biography, this volume has a lot to say about the various characters that Atkinson has created over the years, but very little about his private life. This omission is more forgivable here, since one probably isn't looking for an enormous amount of insight in a book of this type. It does do quite a good job at following Atkinson's career and will especially be enjoyed by anyone who isn't overly familiar with some of the television shows he has appeared in that haven't sustained the amount of international exposure as MR BEAN. While BEAN THERE DONE THAT suffers from many of the same flaws as the other Dessau biography, this volume should be recommended to people new to Atkinson's work. There are some excellent photographs and the text is quite adequate at the task of describing all of Rowan Atkinson's work (up to the MR. BEAN movie). It may be a bit too superficial for the Atkinson fans, however, as most of the information included is available in other forms.
 Bean Here And I'm Going To Read It Again! March 6, 2000
0 out of 7 found this review helpful
This book is in the words of Bart Simpson is," Fab-U-Lus! "
 Atkinson's Depth Glossed-Over in At-A-Glance Bio May 2, 1998
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
While Dessau's book does cover the talented British comic's meteoric rise to success, the frantic pace and "press-bio" approach ultimately ruin what true fans await. Admirers of Atkinson's work will find themselves asking, "and then what?" on every page. We learn of his childhood surroundings, but very little of his family life. His impressive body of work is listed chronologically with no discussion of the blood, sweat and tears behind it. His classic influences are mentioned in passing, save his British similiarities to Stan Laurel. Left with very little insight into the creative process, Dessau's book reads like a coffee-table version of an Entertainment Weekly article with great photos.
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