I get Twain google alerts. It looks like Val Kilmer has been doing some Twain performances and making chatter about a possible movie role. On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 4:32 PM, Harold Bush <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > speaking of the Lincoln Of Our Lit.: > > I was seriously blown away by the look and feel, and portrayal of Lincoln > by Daniel Day Lewis. it was just short of uncanny. I am not sure if an > American icon has ever been portrayed as effectively/ acted out so > convincingly -- simply, just "looked" like the person, or at least how I'd > imagine him. WOW. just give him the Oscar right now, it was awesome... > > I'd be interested if anyone had the same feelings. I think the bar has > been set so high with this performance, I cannot see even trying to get > someone to act Mark Twain in a film of such magnitude. Thoughts?? > > -hb > > -- > 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> > -- John Muller 202.236.3413 [log in to unmask] Capital Community News Greater Greater Washington *Frederick Douglass in Washington, D.C: The Lion of Anacostia<http://www.amazon.com/Frederick-Douglass-Washington-D-c-Anacostia/dp/1609495772/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=H42HP4SBZ8OA&coliid=I34OMAR1SV8L9G> * Published by The History Press, October 2012 http://thelionofanacostia.wordpress.com/ Facebook: http://on.fb.me/uca9za