Don't ask me why, dear reader, but at the moment my life seems to be all musicals, detective novels and birthdays. How did that happen? :-) Anyway, sticking with that theme, look at this shocker which I found in the metro yesterday. Rabbi Jacob - The Musical. Whatever next? For those of you who aren't hexagonal (as we say here), "That Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob" is a French (my italics) comedy classic about a man who's forced to disguise himself as a rabbi, one of those films that's always on TV on high days and holidays (here's a quick synopsis - what DID we do before Wikipedia?) I know, I know, it doesn't sound that promising but it is actually quite amusing. But to make a musical out of it? As my friend Sandrine said yesterday: "I don't think it'll make it to Broadway." Here's a little extract from the movie via the magic of You Tube (what DID we do etc. etc.) Anyway, suddenly my own scheme - with the lovely Nardac - to write a musical version of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" doesn't seem quite so outlandish. You have been warned.
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SWEEE-NEY! SWEEE-NEY!
I've never actually seen Rabbi Jacob, but it's a very common reference among my French friends and colleagues.
I'd like to make my reservations for the musical Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.
Msr Piver, "je n'aime pas les Anglais" - Rabbi Jacob is, IMHO, a seminal work of French cinema; Louis de Funes' auteur status can surely now be freely acknowledged.
Ooh, I'm going to hire it and watch it again and see if I laugh as they drive cars into the lake, false beards come off etc etc.
Rabbi Jacob il va danseeeeeeeeeeer !
http://blog.matoo.net/index.php/archives/2007/06/05/rabbi-jacob-il-va-danser/
Tin Foiled, you should definitely check it out!! I don't think they'll let you become French without it. And never mind the reservations - you're IN IT!! Col, I always think of you when this or that other classic "La Vache et Le Prisonnier" are mentioned. Or indeed "The King & I" - in fact, you're never far from my thoughts!! Matoo, we should organize an outing come September, I'm sure it will knock spots off "The Lion King"!!
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