When Twain heard the Yiddish writer of humorous stories called "the Jewish Mark Twain," he replied "please tell him that I am the American Sholem Aleichem." Caroline Lawrencehttp://www.carolinelawrence.com > Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 12:00:47 -0500 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: The Jewish MT > To: [log in to unmask] > > Hal-- > > Haven't seen it, but I read some good press on it. He's witty. The > adoption of the MT label also shows up with Stephen Leacock--the > "Canadian Mark Twain." > > --LH > > > On Nov 1, 2011, at 11:41 AM, Harold Bush wrote: > > > Folks; I heard about this new film, which is in town here, about the > > "Jewish MT": a phrase with which I was not familiar. > > > > it's called "Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness" -- anyone > > seen it? > > We will try to see it Friday. > > > > sholemaleichemthemovie.com/ > > > > trailers.apple.com/trailers/independent/ > > sholemaleichemlaughinginthedarkness/ > > > > -- > > Harold K. Bush, Ph.D > > Professor of English > > Saint Louis University > > St. Louis, MO 63108 > > 314-977-3616 (w); 314-771-6795 (h) > > <www.slu.edu/x23809.xml>