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anti-Nazism. MGM took
anti-Nazi references out of
their movies, which was
just despicable. Finally,
Warner Brothers got tough
with Confessions of A Nazi
Spy.
"Today, there are Jews
in movies," Mr. Siegel said,
"and they are just starting
to be portrayed as people.
But it's still rare to find
someone with a Jewish
name in a movie, and I
think it's the fault of Jews.
Our generation and our
parents' generation are
ashamed of who we are.
Look at all the Jewish
actors who change their
names so they don't sound
Jewish."
Mr. Siskel agrees. "I am
startled by the number of
negative images of Jews in
films. I think there is a lot
of self-hate among Jewish
writers, producers and
directors. As a result of
that you will hear little
side comments from char-
acters saying things like
`What do you expect from a
Jewish guy?' or 'He's the
son of a Jewish mother.' I
don't think it's done con-
sciously — but I just don't
like to see it.
"The summer movie Life
With Mikey is a perfect
example. The most obnox-
ious character is a duplici-
tous little boy who is obvi-
ously Jewish. His co-star is
a little overweight girl who
is also Jewish and is the
butt of jokes. I would like
to see this change."
Both Mr. Siegel and Mr.
Siskel became interested
in movies as small chil-
dren. Mr. Siegel (the first
movie he ever saw was
Song of the South) grew up
in East Los Angeles in a
fairly traditional Jewish
home. Other than playing
the clarinet in a band at
weddings and bar mitz-
vahs while in high school
and college, he was not
raised in the entertain-
ment business.
"When you live in L.A.,
you don't necessarily grow
up in the movie business,"
said Mr. Siegel, who has a
younger sister and whose
father was an electrician.
"I lived between MGM and
Twentieth Century Fox,
but it didn't mean any-
thing — it was just where
people went to work."
After earning a degree
in history at UCLA, he
had a string of writing/
journalist-type jobs,
including radio newscast-
er, book reviewer for the
Los Angeles Times, joke
writer for Sen. Robert

Kennedy and advertising
agency copywriter/produc-
er. He arrived in New
York in 1972 as a feature
reporter for WCBS-TV and
hosted "Joel Siegel's New
York" on WCBS radio.
Four years later, he
joined WABC-TV News
and was quickly promoted
to entertainment critic. In
1981, he joined the TV
staff of "Good Morning
America."
"Since I have been on
"Good Morning America' I
have been able to inter-
view some very talented
actors, musicians and film-
makers," said Mr. Siegel,
who is divorced. "My
favorite interview was
Leonard Bernstein, and
my worst was David Bowie
— he was promoting Ziggy
Stardust From Mars and
did the entire interview as
someone from Mars.
Gene Siskel was born
and raised in Chicago. The
eldest of two siblings, he
would walk almost a mile
on Saturdays with his
friends to see a 25-cent
feature matinee.

Millions of
Americans watch
the critics
each week.

Before he was 10 years
old both of his parents
died, and the three chil-
dren moved in with an
aunt and uncle. He went
away to military school,
and being a minority,
learned about anti-
Semitism. That is why he
was able to identify with
the Jewish student in the
movie School Ties.
"I endured the same
kind of discrimination," he
said.
After graduating from
Yale, where he majored in
philosophy, Mr. Siskel
joined the army and was
trained as a military jour-
nalist. At the age of 23, he
landed a job at the
Chicago Tribune as a news
reporter and soon began
reviewing films, He is now
married and has two chil-
dren.
In the fall of 1975, he
was hired to review movies
on a local PBS station
along with Chicago Sun-
Times film critic Roger
Ebert. Within two years,
the show was airing on
200 public television sta-
tions nationwide, becom-
ing the highest rated half-
hour weekly series in pub-

lic TV history. In 1982,
they moved into commer-
cial TV and became syndi-
cated.
What appears to be a
tense, contentious rela-
tionship on-camera, seems
to hold true off-camera as
well.
"We are very competi-
tive, and our jobs reinforce
our opinions," explained
Mr. Siskel, who says they
agree more often than they
disagree and that their
show in unrehearsed. "You
have two guys who sit
there and believe what
they think is right. That
creates a couple of mon-
sters. You put two mon-
sters together and you get
sparks."
Films are one of the
most popular means of
escapism for millions of
Americans, and as long as
the comedies, tragedies,
dramas and documen-
taries continue to be
shown on the silver screen,
Mr. Siegel and Mr. Siskel
hope to continue voicing
their opinions.
"I love the movies and
want to keep on reviewing
them," said Mr. Siegel.
"I can't imagine doing
anything else," said Mr.
Siskel. "I get overwhelm-
ingly positive feedback.
People want more of my
opinion when they see me.
They want to know what's
the one movie they should
go out and see. That's a
real compliment, and a
wonderful feeling."

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New Season For
Readers Theater

Readers Theater will begin its

seventh season 4 p.m. Sept. 12
at the Maple-Drake Jewish
Community Center. The pro-
gram theme is "Award Winning
Actors Read Award Winning
Stories." Mary Bremer, David
Fox, David Regal and Mirjana
Ursev will read stories by Thom
Jones, Diane Levenberg, Joyce
Carol Oates and Stephen
Schwartz.
Complimentary refresh-
ments will be served at 3:30
p.m. For ticket information, call
Eileen Polk, 661-1000.

Institute Seen
On WTVS

The Public Broadcasting Serv-
ice, WTVS, Channel 56, will air

the second program in a three-
part series, "The Next Genera-
tion: A Matter of Teamwork."
The solar energy research at
the Weizmann Institute of
Science in Rehovot, Israel,
will be featured.