Paul Newman: Plastic Jesus
[via YouTube]
How about a transition from “Songs about Actors” to
our next theme? Here, we have an actor who won an Academy Award and was
nominated for several others. A man who by all appearances made the most of
life. An actor who appears in this clip to be a musician of sorts.
In addition to acting, Paul Newman raced cars, played no
small role in opposing the Vietnam war, directed films and founded a food
company, the profits of which he donated to charity. There’s certainly more to
his life that I don’t know and haven’t listed here.
Oh, and he served in WWII before his acting career, which leads
us into our theme for the coming week: military & marching.
I dug as deep as I could to try to learn the facts: is he
really playing the banjo in this clip? The amateur nature of the scene
indicates “yes”, but I have no proof. Do you know more than I? Does the man’s
resume include “simply playing the banjo while singing”?
"Plastic Jesus": so indicative of our times. Probably made in China.
Oscars >> Military Marching
