The Warners predicted, correctly, that \”The Jazz Singer\” would be \”without a doubt, the biggest stride since the birth of the industry.\” But the film\’s importance may not rest solely on the fact that it was the first sound film. It was also the first film to boldly address the assimilation of immigrant Jews into American culture.
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Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts takes you to \”funkel town.\” It\’s Art Garfunkel in concert this evening, singing American tunes from his days with Paul Simon, as well as solo pieces from days since.
Some film historians claim that the Jews invented Hollywood, and so it\’s only fitting that so much of Los Angeles\’ Jewish life has been captured on film.
All Saturday evening screenings of \”Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan\” at the Sherman Oaks Galleria were sold out, but I snuck in on Sunday and will pass on two observations.
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