Philip Roth features on "booty-shaking" dance track »
Posted By JamesMarcus 4 months, 3 weeks ago in Arts & EntertainmentIt's already being tipped as "the ringtone of choice among hip literary types this summer": a short dance mix featuring Philip Roth doing some "Jewish shouting".
The mix was created by writer and critic James Marcus after he interviewed Roth about his latest novel, Indignation, for the LA Times last September. During the course of the interview, Marcus asked Roth what he thought of the film version of Portnoy's Complaint, and was told it was "unspeakable". "It's a movie about shouting. Jewish shouting," said Roth, proceeding to give "a brief, comical example" of what this might sound like. His performance struck Marcus "as a specimen of literary history, like Thoreau demonstrating how to peel the bark off a birch tree".
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gamahuche4 months, 3 weeks ago
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I haven't been able to listen yet - am in a silent zone - and waiting for Russian film-makers who are coming to give me YET ANOTHER 15 mins.. :)
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No its a fun thing - we have our man here on hand to "make gold" for them and they're cominf direct from St Petersburg for the event..
I'll save superlatives till I've been able to view the real thing but these are obviously great moments for you already since you left us old reprobates behind on propeller!
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deathray4 months, 3 weeks ago
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Just in case someone misses the link - it's sort of hidden:
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http://www.box.net/shared/flab2yrum7
According to Dick Clark, "It has a great beat and you can dance to it!" -
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7thspages3 days, 1 hour ago
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If I were Phipps in the position of having to review a Philip Roth book I would hope that was a grade that read, instead of C+: "Like almost everyone else out there, I am hopelessly unqualified to judge the work of Philip Roth and probably didn't understand it at all, but this one didn't really work for me".
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