Jewish actors

Some Like It Hot (1959) is an all-time classic Hollywood comedy directed by Billy Wilder. The story follows a smooth saxophone player Joe (Tony Curtis) and his intuitive bass-player best friend Jerry (Jack Lemmon) after they witness a Mafia massacre. The two buddies create a spontaneous plan to get away from the Chicago native mobsters. Joe and Jerry disguise themselves as cross-dressed women and join an all-female jazz band who are boarding a train from Chicago to Florida. The story heats up when Joe pretends to be a millionaire to attract the jazz band’s attractive singer, named Sugar (Marilyn Monroe), all the while Jerry finds that he has fascinated a real millionaire named Osgood Fielding III (Joe E. Brown). However, Joe and Jerry find that the Mafia is closing in on them and they must instinctively improvise once again for the final show down. The last line of this spectacular comedy ranks in the number 48 spot on the American Film Institute’s list of the 100 greatest American movie quotes of the first 100 years of film (AFI). Let us see what AFI is talking about… Daphne: Osgood, I’m gonna level with you. We can’t get married at all. (Said with high hopes) Osgood: Why not? (Seems as if Osgood has been waiting for this moment) Daphne: Well, in the first place, I’m not a natural blonde. (Trying to convince Osgood t0 change his mind) Osgood: Doesn’t matter. (Very nonchalantly) Daphne: Well, I have a terrible past. For three years now, I’ve been living with a…

several reasons. The costumes, lighting, set, body language, and music all played a role in the development of the play and conveying the theme of anti-Semitism internalized in the Jewish community and to embrace one's heritage despite the hardships that one may face. The protagonist - Sunny- and antagonist of the play- Boo- displayed their motives well through the delivery of dialogue, therefore their motivations were clear. As part of the audience, I believe the best actor was Reba played by…

Uhry which was featured at the John Golden Theatre in 2010. The play told the story of a wealthy Jewish woman named Miss Daisy Werthan, her son Boolie and the African American driver named Hoke who was hired to drive her around after Boolie became worried about his mother’s safety following a car accident that occurred prior to the play being introduced. Although there were many things in the play that caught my interest, the elements that were most crucial to the play was the set design and the…

and had the passion for making films before I could comprehend what I wanted to do with my life. Theatre, I was in the theatre department and gradually realized that I preferred getting behind a camera than being in front of one. Being so new to cinematic arts, I was very tentative to share ideas from my sheer lack of experience compared to the rest. It was then that I realized that my theatre and on camera acting background helped my directing my actors. Having this basis of understanding with…

The director, Steven Spielberg, chose to make this movie mostly in black and white. He felt that this aspect would help produce memories of the World War II era and impact the viewers of the movie in a deeper way. However, he did use color a few times to highlight key scenes and to help the story line flow from one scene of color into another of black and white in order to make a dramatic impression on his viewers. The film, Schindler’s List, begins with a scene that shows a yellow flame of a…

The forms ranged from blackface, double-talk, “Hello, nurse!” , double act, “Open the Door, Richard”, transvestism, “Slowly, I Turned”, tab show, woman’s suffrage, ventriloquism, animal acts, and an endless array of skits (Tropes; Gilbert 61-85). Another contextual comedic routine was that of the ethnic impersonator, whether they were imitating their own culture or another's, citing these differences was more about the humor rather than inciting hostility (D. 10). This ranged from the early…

Junot Diaz said that dismissing any opportunity for a person to be culturally represented turns them into a “monster” (goodreads.com). So, how does that apply to the media, specifically, Hollywood film? Recently there has been a growing outcry over the lack of complex minority experiences in award-winning films. As a result, more Black actors and actresses have been nominated in their respective categories. However, the same cannot be said for South Asians and Hispanics, who struggle to find…

is an art form that allows an individual to pretend to be something they’re not and an actor is someone who withholds this awe-inspiring power. It’s as if they have the capability to step into another person’s shoes, live their life, and face little to no consequences when doing so. Twenty-eight years ago, Eddie Murphy released his ambitious and now beloved comedy, Coming to America. Coming to America follows Prince Akeem and Semmi’s journey to the unfamiliar place of Queens, New York from…

I originally wanted to try to build a Chuppah, which is a Jewish wedding canopy. I found out over email that someone had attempted to acquire a canopy, but I hadn’t been involved. They decided it was better to use a table. I had some more issues later that involved the Torah. Before I submitted it, I asked my rabbi as well as several other Jewish friends if it was okay to use it, and they all said it was fine. The opening day of Fiddler on the Roof, someone helping became fearful of Jews…

Actor and comedian Robin Williams perform fast paced his improvisational style and Good Will Hunting and Dead Poets Society was known for his performances in films like. Abstract The famous actor and comedian Robin Williams in Chicago, Illinois, July 21, 1951 was born. As a stand-up comedian After developing his improvisational style, Williams has his own television show, Mork and Mindy landed, and the major parts of the film with Robert Altman’s Popeye went. Both comic and dramatic, memorable…