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out of the nest: innocence abroad
Henry James took to Europe his delicate sensibilities, and later Hemingway took his lusty appetites; today the idea of innocence abroad lingers but tenuously, as the rejection of home… The American emigre movement to Europe had its beginnings in the … Continue reading
jail bird on a wire
In the state of Israel even the corruption is holy. Kosher corruption. The narrative reads something like the America in the wild and wooly days of the political mudslinging in the Mark Twain era. The bare knuckles brawling and verbal … Continue reading
upside down: smells like the spirit of evil
What entered the Almighty’s mind when he put the serpent into the Garden of Eden, he alone knows, and by now may have forgotten , may have regretted, or is keeping a firm lip on his plans until the Redemption. … Continue reading
down on highway 1865: all men are created different
The premise of the article that follows this introduction is at best on shaky terrain that somehow Abraham Lincoln was Jewish. Its ingenious and plausible ; Jewish in the sense that Harold Bloom worked laboriously through as some form of … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged Alex de Toqueville, Andrew Marvel, Daniel Day-Lewis, dave alvin, Harold Bloom, iris murdoch, Isaac M. Wise, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Mark Twain, Salvador Litvak, Seth Grahame-Smith, Steven Spielberg Lincoln, tony kushner
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“Following the Equator”. It was a book, a travelogue by Mark twain at the turn of the century that by today’s standards is pretty mediocre but it contained one jewel of an idea that almost redeemed it: That is, that … Continue reading
forgive and forget: back soon for more
Forgive and forget? The elusive search for the in-between space. The sweet spot between how much we are permitted to forget, to let drift off in a vaporous cloud, and how much we are incited, cajoled and have it beaten … Continue reading
ustinov: walter mitty at heart
The last of the Renaissance men. Peter Ustinov… Through the 1960’s and beyond, Peter Ustinov was almost frantically in demand. Like other television performers, he was gnawingly aware of how fast comic material could be used up, and he had … Continue reading
ustinov: sorry lot of stevedores
…In his work as mime, Peter Ustinov’s ear was constantly tuned to subtleties of accent and word usage. “The American language,” he said, “is still in the process of formation. It’s being added to every year by the influx of … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Literature/poetry/spoken word
Tagged Agatha Christie, Anton Chekhov, art blog, Arthur Miller, Guy Hamilton director, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Mark Twain, Peter Alexander Ustinov, Peter Ustinov, Sir Peter Ustinov, Suzanne Cloutier Ustinov
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poor joan: brand name martyr
We must remember that the tribunal which condemned Joan of Arc was a tremendously impressive array of the leading ecclesiastical talents and reputations of the time-almost a synod of the Church. One need not, therefore, be surprised that the verdict … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged carl theodor dreyer, Carolyn Gage, Charles VII France, Duke of Orleans poet-Duke, Ingrid Bergman, Ingrid Bergman Joan of Arc, Joan of Arc, Joan of Arc The Maid, Jules Quicherat, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Mark Twain, Mark twain Joan of Arc, Perceval de Cagny, Susan Crane, Susan K. Harris, The Hundred Years War, The Vigils of Charles the VII
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