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#1 2021-12-08 10:11:10
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A Jewish Icon: The Delectable Miss Kahn
Totally non-Ivy (let's hope AUS isn't looking in), for which I beg your indulgence. We watched 'Young Frankenstein' a few evenings ago. It has its flaws - but Madeline Kahn is not one of them. In fact, the entire movie is pretty Jewish - Mel, Marty, Madeline, Gene. And why not indeed? The Marx Brothers are right in there, together with James Whale.
Madeline Kahn - taken too young.
#2 2021-12-08 10:51:41
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Re: A Jewish Icon: The Delectable Miss Kahn
You won’t get any complaints from me— except maybe to ask, “What FLAWS???? A perfect movie to my eye.
‘No matter what you hear in there, no matter how cruelly I beg you, no matter how terribly I may scream, do not open this door or you will undo everything I have worked for. Do you understand? Do not open this door.’
#3 2021-12-08 11:21:19
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Re: A Jewish Icon: The Delectable Miss Kahn
Excellent music and atmosphere. The photography and sets are spot on. You need to know 'Frankenstein', 'Bride', 'Son' and 'Ghost' pretty thoroughly, though, to appreciate everything: not only the jokes. The parody of the scenes between Karloff and Heggie in 'Bride' are brilliantly handled.
#4 2021-12-10 04:37:24
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Re: A Jewish Icon: The Delectable Miss Kahn
We must, now, see 'Judy Berlin' before revisiting 'Paper Moon', 'Blazing Saddles' and anything else we can lay our hands on.
I adored Edie Falco in 'The Sopranos' - to the extent I kept wishing she'd put a bullet in that pig of a husband.