Grace Russo Bullaro's timely and vibrant edition of essays about Roberto Benigni covers the bases of Benigni's foundations as a comedian, from his directing debut -You Upset Me-, his brilliant comedy -Johnny Stecchino-, the apex of his work as a comic actor in -The Monster-, even musings about the ethnocentricity of the reception of -Pinocchio-. Russo Bullaro's collection wisely focuses on Benigni's Oscar winning -La vita e bella- (Life is Beautiful), a film which has set off continuous and often bitter debate about Holocaust representation and historical consciousness. The topics covered in...