Reading the news I saw someone described a Zelig-est. I thought to track that down to a favourite movie -- Zelig.
The plot is simplicity itself -- a man who blends everywhere but somehow remains apart.
Set in the 1920s and 1930s, the film focuses on Leonard Zelig, a nondescript man who has the ability to transform his appearance to that of the people who surround him. He is observed at a party by F. Scott Fitzgerald, who notices that while mingling with the guests, Zelig sings the praises of the affluent classes in a refined, snobbish accent, but while in the kitchen with the servants, he seethes with rage at the fat cats in a thick proletarian voice. He soon gains international fame as a "human chameleon".
Towards the end of the film Zelig is in Germany working with the Nazis before the outbreak of World War II. He comes home to America and wins Dr. Eudora Fletcher (Mia Farrow).
Surely the metaphor is obvious?
The plot is simplicity itself -- a man who blends everywhere but somehow remains apart.
Set in the 1920s and 1930s, the film focuses on Leonard Zelig, a nondescript man who has the ability to transform his appearance to that of the people who surround him. He is observed at a party by F. Scott Fitzgerald, who notices that while mingling with the guests, Zelig sings the praises of the affluent classes in a refined, snobbish accent, but while in the kitchen with the servants, he seethes with rage at the fat cats in a thick proletarian voice. He soon gains international fame as a "human chameleon".
Towards the end of the film Zelig is in Germany working with the Nazis before the outbreak of World War II. He comes home to America and wins Dr. Eudora Fletcher (Mia Farrow).
Surely the metaphor is obvious?
1 comment:
You have some really, really, REALLY obscure references sometimes. You seem to have quite ecclectic taste!
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