Sid Caesar died yesterday at the age of 91. The N.Y. Times - TopicsExpress



          

Sid Caesar died yesterday at the age of 91. The N.Y. Times obituary pays tribute to his remarkable breakthroughs as a comedian that Alfred Hitchcock compared to Charlie Chaplin and who counted Albert Einstein as one of biggest fans. Speaking of Chaplin and Einstein, a couple of lefties, I can’t say I am surprised that the obit did not pay attention to Sid Caesar’s early leftist affinities. While they never were manifested in his hugely popular TV show, his evolution as a comic was definitely just as much a product of the New Deal popular culture as Pete Seeger’s. - Louis Proyect
Posted on: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 16:56:44 +0000

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