Although it could well be argued that our moments of personal discovery….
Recognizing Woody Allen on the Avenue J bus. On his way to his academia …Midwood High School, shere he tooled his satirical skill in Henry Fuchs Senior class, before departing Sid Caesar’s “Show of Shows”….Second Banana Carl Reiner, Imagene Coco (“tewinkle toes”, ) Mel Brooks sharpening the hilarious impersonations of the foibles of Sultan of Swatmankind..
A Wily Loman(Lee J.Cobb) persona searching for panacea on a slave ship, sailing from the Portugal colony of Montezuma?......a force of nature (“Handes opf Stone” like the Sultan of Swat, hi engaging soul,embracing the fans at Yankee Stadium, pointing to the grand stand pasturs where he would celebrateanother four bagger blast….”60 for the Babe!”
“A force of nature”…Lee J. Cobb’s alter ego manangerto“Golden boy’s violinist turned “I coulda bee a contender” Pasadena’s William Holden..Breda Marshall. ..Clifford Odets “Golden boy” metamorsing into Billy Wilder’s “ SunsetBoulevard” stream of consciousness .
“I’m ready for my close up, Mister Wilder”
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Yet in the ensuing days, the Jack Webb “Dragnet” played out ascenario of the L.A. Boyle Heights Hollenbeck police web site ofd anti social behavior that blitzed the American Dreams of ofmovie moguls like Jack Warner (“Use the old can of tnnis balls, Solly”)…. Paramount studio Cecil B. DeMille ”Ten Commandments” Cecil B. DeMille “Moses (Charlton Heston’sNorthwestern University drama school).
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Above it all looms Lee J Cobb, the Bronx born actor transcends th Americn Dreeam, doesn’t he? His identification with Arthur Miller’s Wily Lomanb (“Death of a salesman”) epitomizes the trappings of the American Dram. As his widow perceives…(Wily’s burial rites)
“Be apprised boys and girls. All my Wily wanted was recognition. That’s all.”
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The Brooklyn based Avenue J bus….Montana Frank behind the wheel, Woody Allen a passenger, on his way to his a.m. classes at Midwood High School, his “Show of Shows” rehearsals in the Big Apple’s p.m.…
August 23, 2016. The City that never sleeps.
