Hmm.  The difference between the lightning bug and the lightning...

Personally, I wish actors would stop thinking the only Mark Twain worth portraying 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 Holbrook, whom I first saw as Mark Twain on a stage in Boston over 40 years ago.  No one is going to survive that comparison, not even a relatively accomplished actor like Val Kilmer.

My .02.

Carl

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On Aug 19, 2013, at 8:31 PM, Dwayne Eutsey <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> http://imgur.com/a/oVUBH/all