Thursday, November 14, 2013

It's all in the presentation

Kevin Spacey v Alan Yentob - a celebrity interview so compelling that London's new Jewish Community Centre has allocated tickets by ballot. It's on November 23. The topic: a ripsnorter - The Power of Arts in the Community and the Place of Community in the Arts.

This week on screen, Alan replaced Joel Grey as narrator of Michael Kantor's excellent US documentary on the Jewish Legacy of Broadway. Though written and directed by Michael, Alan seems to have been given a clean mix of the soundtrack to drop in his dulcet tones - how many of the words he'd changed, we'll never know. The closing credits were shrunk to offer a self-serving tail piece with Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner and, yes, Alan Yentob, reviewing the work over cocoa in New York.

Not sure what was in the rucksack. Readers' suggestions welcome.


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