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Actor for Angels in America, and
has appeared in numerous films,
including Norma Rae.
"Like Goldwyn, Baum is a
very successful Hollywood shaker,
a big macher who has enormous
conflict about his own history
and religion.
"This story could have applied
to a lot of big producers," he adds.
"Many of them married gentiles
and never told the story of the
plight of Eastern European Jews
who came to America and suf-
fered. They wanted to assimilate
into the American culture and cre-
ate mythology through their films.
"These producers had a lot of
self-hatred because of where they
came from and the pain it
brought. But you can't escape
your heritage."
Leibman says that even today
many producers are afraid to
tackle Jewish issues or even cast
Jews in roles. And, the actor says,
`Adam Baum and the Jew Movie"• Ron Liebman
he has been passed over for parts
as Samuel Baum is very proud of his son Adam,
because he is Jewish. "Not so
but can agree with the gentile writer
much in the theater, but in films
(Christopher Evan Welch) he hired to pen a
and television," he says.
movie about the Jewish experience in America.
"I have been told I was 'too
ethnic' or 'too Eastern.' I have
Consequently, the movie mogul
confronted this my whole career. It's a
and writer fail to come to terms about
lie to say that it doesn't exist.
what the real story is — and the
Discrimination has happened to a lot
movie never gets made. Instead,
of Jewish actors — and oftentimes by
another major studio releases
Jewish producers. A gentile agent said
Gentleman's Agreement (1947) — the
to me recently,' 'Why are you so
first American film to deal with anti-
upset? These people are Jewish.' But
Semitism.
that's the point and that's one of the
The play, Goldfarb says, is loosely
reasons I like the play so much."
based on the true story of Samuel
Meanwhile, Goldfarb, 28, hopes
Goldwyn. "I read an account about
that audience members will come
Samuel Goldwyn and Ring Lardner
away questioning their own preju-
Jr.," says Goldfarb, who is from
dices. "This play is about identity and
Toronto and a New York University
the way we perceive ourselves as
film school graduate.
opposed to the way others perceive
"It seems that [Goldwyn] hired
us," he says.
Lardner to write a script about anti-
"I want people to question their
Semitism but got mad because it was
cultural and ethnic identity as
too Jewish. [He] never made the film.
opposed to their American identity.
From what I understand, Goldwyn
That's what Sam Baum is struggling
always regretted it. [The film] was
with — what it means to be a Jew and
called Earth and High Heaven and was
what it means to be an American." fl
about interfaith marriage."
Although the play is set in 1946,
Adam Baum And The Jew Movie
director Brian Kulick says its theme
runs through Jan. 2 at the
still applies to Jewish life in America
McGinn/Cazale
Theater, above the
today "Jews still struggle with their
Promenade
at
Broadway
and 76th
identity," he notes. "And today there
Street.
Performances
are
8
p.m.
still aren't many movies about Jews.
Tuesdays-Saturdays;
2
p.m.
This play can be a contemporary
Saturdays; 5 p.m. Sundays. All tick-
Jewish experience as well."
ets are $30. For information and
"Sam Baum is a wonderful charac-
tickets, call (212) 279-4200. For
ter," says Ron Leibman, who portrays
group sales, call (212) 265-8370.
the movie mogul. The actor received
Tony and Drama Desk Awards as Best
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