Re: Jews, Gypsies and Cliches

[Trudi Goodman <goobietheg...>]

Or in this country either!!!
Trudi the G


>From: "bluecat" <bluecat (at) hevanet(dot)com>
>Reply-To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
>To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Subject: Re: Jews, Gypsies and Cliches
>Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 12:02:45 -0800
>
>In his remake of "To Be or Not to Be", Mel Brooks plays a Polish theatre
>owner who expresses neutrality to the Nazi roundups that are happening in
>Warsaw.  He only wants to make sure his theatre can keep running.  He
>accidently discovers Jewish and Gypsy families cast members have hidden in
>the theatre basement.  But his eyes are finally opened when his wife's 
>(Anne
>Bancroft) beloved dressing room attendant, Sasha, is taken away by the
>Nazis.  He asks why Sasha?  His wife explains that they are taking away the
>homosexuals now too.  Now he too is shocked and roused to action.  He
>exclaims, "Without Gypsies, Jews and fags there would BE no theater in
>Europe!"
>
>

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