Israel Horovitz

[abcdefz]

...okay, so:

It's taken me a little time to get to some authors (Drieser -- I swear, you're up very soon). Israel Horovitz is one.

So I picked up a volume of his plays at the library (Two Trilogies). The photo on the cover -- well, those who are interested have a really good idea now of how Ad Rock is going to look in 20 years.

Anyway... looking at his credits: I saw a production of Line in college and don't remember it well. I knew Al Pacino had been in The Indian Wants the Bronx, but I haven't read it.

The play I'm reading, Today, I Am a Fountain Pen could potentially be really funny onstage. It's nothing radical or particularly inventive, which is disappointing, and the Jewish humor is kinda stale in spots, but it's not bad.

Anyone else read any of Izzy's stuff? Recommendations?

Here's a different photo (http://www.tcg.org/images/am_theatre/Volume_19_images/Sept_02_images/at_web0902_horovitz.jpg) -- not the book jacket photo, but you'll probably still see a resemblance.

[avignon]

I thought about putting him on my to-read list, but I reconsidered based on the movie, whatever it was called, with Al Pacino. I read that it was very much autobiographical and that impression of the man left me with a bad taste in my mouth. I think he must be very vain, self-righteous, judgemental, highly pretentious, and finds his own jokes to be much funnier than they really are. And I can't stand feeling that an author or an artist has a condecending view towards the fans. As if we don't really get it unless we are in his/her own little circle.
I could be totally wrong-or this all could have no bearing on his work, but there are so many out there that I can't wait to read. So meh.

[ScarySquirrel]

He's pretty handsome for an old dude.

[TurdBerglar]

i wonder how he feels about his son being a beastie boy of all things?

[TAL]

Is Izzy Stradlin's real name Israel too?



Edit: nope, it's Jeff Isbell