‘Marcel on the Train’ tells the story of how Marcel Marceau used comedy to save Jewish children in World War II “Marcel on the Train” brings Marcel Marceau’s little-known WWII rescue story to the stage, asking what humor is for when the world is brutal.
Satirizing nazis can be defiance — the ‘Drag Race’ Hitler Snatch Game performance wasn’t quite that Jewish humor has long used Nazi mockery to reclaim power and affirm survival. On “Drag Race,” The Only Naomy’s performance lacked the target satire requires.
New Yiddish movie ‘Shttl’ is a cinematic triumph that rebuilds a lost Jewish world: review Shot in one take, in Yiddish, and under threat of invasion, “Shttl” rebuilds a lost Jewish village with haunting authenticity.
