Fosse, a biography by Sam Wasson, is a very good show-business and personal biography of Fosse (the brilliant dancer, choreographer, director of stage and screen, and film editor) but the focus is too tightly on Bob Fosse, his relationships, and detailed descriptions of his role in musical theater history, to the neglect of a feminist socio-political analysis that could have made more sense of Fosse and his obsessions.
This mini-review touches on a few of these themes.
