I'll be seeing the movie this Sunday. I always thought the young Jeff Bridges looked like the young Samuel Clemens. I don't know how well he'd do as the older Mark Twain, but he has won Oscars. I can't think of anyone who had a more interesting and varied life than Mark Twain. Right now I'm learning more about him when he went over to Hawaii and wrote articles for the Sacramento Union. I plan to brag that my town prodded him towards his travel writing and lecturing careers Arianne Laidlaw On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 1:32 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> > -- Arianne Laidlaw A '58