In all candor, my strongest recollection of the recently deceased Godfather producer was the unfortunate fact that he wore a profoundly ugly tuxedo to the 1973 Oscars (i.e., the watched-by-tens-of-millions ceremony that raised high the Godfather legend).
“[Some wokester-influenced kids] believe that male and female are concepts invented by straight white men. They think their bodies and minds are mismatched, and that without pharmaceuticals and operations, happiness will elude them.” — Miriam Grossman, psychiatrist, author andf public speaker.
I’d forgotten that the 20 year-old Muhammad Ali (initially known as Cassius Clay) had a fast cameo in Rod Serling‘s Requiem for a Heavyweight(’62).
Directed by Ralph Nelson, pic was a critically respected adaptation of the televized Playhouse 90 version, which Serling originated and produced in ‘1956.
Serling and Nelson won Emmy Awards for the ’56 version. Nelson also directed the multi-Oscar-nominated Lillies of the Field (’63) and Charly (’68).
I’ve never seen a kinescope of the ’56, but the writing in the feature version is exceptional — concise, bitter, eloquent, surprisingly emotional at times.
Produced by David Susskind, Requiem for a Heavyweight is free to watch on YouTube.
I prefer Wolfies because it sounds flip and irreverent — a title you can repeat to your friends with a slight grin on your face.
I really don’t like saying Wolfs.
The tone is deadpan sardonic — flirting with dark comedy without actually going there. This might be okay.