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On Sunday, Dec. 17, at 7 p.m., Fox will
present A Christmas Story Live! It’s a
three-hour production inspired by the
hit 1983 film of (almost) the same name
and a hit 2013 Broadway musical ver-
sion. The musical (music and lyrics)
was written by the team
of Benj Pasek and Justin
Paul, both 32. They wrote
the lyrics for the 2016
Best Song Oscar winner,
“City of Stars” for the film
La La Land. Pasek and
Paul are U-M grads —
they met in Ann Arbor dur-
ing their freshman year.
A Christmas Story is
based on short stories by Pasek
the late Jean Shepherd.
It takes place circa 1950
and focuses on Ralphie,
who is about 10 years
old. Funny events involv-
ing Ralphie, his friends,
and his working-class
family are sandwiched
around the progress of
Ralphie’s plan to get a
special Christmas present.
Broderick
The story is very secular,
and I’d venture to say that
most Jews like it as much
as non-Jews.
Maya Rudolph, 45, co-
stars as Ralphie’s mother,
Mrs. Parker. Pasek and
Paul wrote several new
songs for the special,
including a Chanukah
song. The news of the
Fisher
Chanukah song was bro-
ken by Ana Gasteyer, who
plays Mrs. Schwartz, the
mother of one of Ralphie’s
best friends. I’m guessing
that the Schwartzes have
become Jewish in this
retelling.
Matthew Broderick, 55,
narrates the TV special as
the voice of Ralph (Ralphie)
as an adult. Broderick’s
Markle
mother was Jewish and
while not religious, he iden-
tifies as Jewish. He says
the narrator role has special meaning
for him because his late father, James
Broderick, played Mr. Parker in a 1976
PBS dramatization of some other
Shepherd stories.

CARRIE FLIES ONE LAST TIME

Opening on Dec. 15 is Star Wars:
The Last Jedi. As you can guess, the

Skywalker saga continues as the heroes
of The Force Awakens (2015) return
for an epic adventure. The late Carrie
Fisher (Princess Leia) makes her final
screen appearance in this film.

IDENTITY ODDS-AND-ENDS

Even the New York Times and USA
Today fell for widespread internet
misinformation that Meghan Markle,
now the fiancée of Prince Harry, has a
Jewish father. The Times
corrected itself (Nov.
28) the same day they
made their mistake. Her
correct religious back-
ground, as related in the
Times’ correction, is this:
Born Protestant (but not
baptized), she went to a
Catholic girls’ school and
intends to be baptized into
the Church of England
before marrying Harry.
Her father is of varied
European ancestry, includ-
ing German and Irish (but
not Jewish). Her mother is
African American.
I suspect the “Jewish”
story originated in the
fact that her ex-husband,
Trevor Engelson, is
Jewish and their wedding,
reports said, contained
“Jewish elements.” (This
usually means a chup-
pah and/or stepping on a
glass.)
Readers wonder, I know:
So here’s the background
of just a few of the celebs
recently fired or suspend-
ed for sexual harassment:
Charlie Rose isn’t Jewish;
NY Times reporter Glenn
Thrush is, and Matt Lauer
is the son of a Jewish
father/non-Jewish mother.
He wasn’t raised in any
faith.
Jens Hoffmann, who
has been suspended
from his duties as deputy
director for exhibitions at
the Jewish Museum in
New York, is not Jewish.
He’s also chief curator at
large at the Museum of
Contemporary Art Detroit
(MOCAD), whose executive director,
Elysia Borowy-Reeder, released this
statement: “Our hearts go out to all
parties involved. MOCAD is committed
to providing a safe and unthreatening
work environment for all its employees,
artists and visitors,” she said. “Jens
has been working with MOCAD for four
years, and we have had no complaints.” •

