Agreed that a younger Twain would bring some fresh air into what has turned
out to be a well-plowed field. Looking at MT's writings in his San
Francisco newspaper days, he had plenty of the fire and wit that would make
him famous eventually, so an actor portraying a young Clemens could even be
authentic. There are still endless possibilities for one-person author
shows that don't involve Twain at all. Imagine Sam Beckett Night after
Night after Night..., William Shakespeare tomorrow and tomorrow and
tomorrow, or even Charles Bukowski tonight (I think it's tonight). Holbrook
started off by vetting his act with people who knew Twain, and it is a
national treasure that can never be replicated.


On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 10:12 PM, Carl J. Chimi <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hmm.  The difference between the lightning bug and the lightning...
>
> Personally, I wish actors would stop thinking the only Mark Twain worth
> port=
> raying is the iconic, old, white-suited Mark Twain.  I'd sort of like to
> see=
>  portrayals of him as he was in the 1860s, 1870s, and 1880s on the stage.
>
> Putting him in a white suit and old makeup just invites comparison to Hal
> Ho=
> lbrook, whom I first saw as Mark Twain on a stage in Boston over 40 years
> ag=
> o.  No one is going to survive that comparison, not even a relatively
> accomp=
> lished actor like Val Kilmer.
>
> My .02.
>
> Carl
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Aug 19, 2013, at 8:31 PM, Dwayne Eutsey <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > http://imgur.com/a/oVUBH/all
>



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