I've got some problems reviewing this short. I'm old enough to have seen Miss Picon in her native habitat: wowing them on Second Avenue in the Yiddish theater. Even though I never had enough Yiddish to curse anyone out, there was no doubt that this tiny trouper could hold the stage and the audience. To the rest of the world she was a character comedienne, available to sing sad songs with an Eastern European air. In her own world, now vanished, she was a queen, and there might be some men held in equal esteem (Moishe Oisher springs to mind). Among the ladies, not a one.
The stage is different from the movies, and the skills needed are different. This movie short doesn't show you Molly Picon. It shows you a burlesque of her. Still, it's the best that's available.
The stage is different from the movies, and the skills needed are different. This movie short doesn't show you Molly Picon. It shows you a burlesque of her. Still, it's the best that's available.