Re: Jewish Wedding Video

[Sylvie Braitman <curlySylvie...>]

I think Molly Picon's disguise is in keeping with traditional "pant's
roles". One is not supposed to believe in it, it's just a convention, an
indication on the plot.
On a deeper level, it talks about genders, and if everybody thinks she is a
boy, a boy she is.
Something like that.
Also, she probably would not have wanted,as an actress, to totally be
changed and made up to look like a boy....
Sylvie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Barabash" <billb978 (at) hotmail(dot)com>
To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 12:10 PM
Subject: Re: Jewish Wedding Video


> >My favorite is the Wedding in Yidl Mitn Fidl.  Featuring klezmorim,
> >great dancing, kaleh bazingen, etc.
> >
> >Sure it's a bit disfunctional, but with some narration and hand
> >waving ("pay no attention to that runaway bride, or that woman
> >dressed as a boy playing the violin" :-) ), I'm sure the audience
> >would get quite a bit out of it.  It's awesome footage and great
> >music.
>
> Yes, it's awesome.  It was filmed in a Polish shtetl a year before
> the German invasion.  Does anyone know whether the melodies played
> in the wedding scene are traditional, or composed for the film (along
> with the rest of the sound track) by Abe Ellstein?  And does anyone
> really think that Molly Picon's boy disguise is in any way effective?
>
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