ong>Fiddlerong> on the Roof is a classic musical about Jewish life set in the small Ukraine town of Anatevka ... Tevye stated in the opening of the movie, "Without our traditions, our lives would be as shaky as a fiddler on the roof". Tradition provides balance in life. Jews have many traditions that include how ... ngest daughters move to America to live with a relative.Famed film critic Paulene Kael once wrote ""ong>Fiddlerong> on the Roof" is the most powerful movie musical ever made" and I have a tendency to agree. N ...
(5 pages)
44
0
3.0
Jul/2004
Subjects:
Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis
I have chosen "ong>Fiddlerong> on the Roof" as a musical theatre piece to view. This particular piece that I am viewing is ... lyrics were done by Sheldon Harnick. This musical open in 1965 and was turned into a film in 1971. "ong>Fiddlerong> on the Roof" was based on Sholom Aleichem's stories.The film is produced and directed by Nor ... aser) is an educated man is educating Tevye's two young daughters and falls in love with Hodel.The "ong>Fiddlerong> on the Roof" takes place in a small Jewish village of Anatevka, Russia around Tsarist rule ( ...
(7 pages)
35
1
3.0
Oct/2004
Subjects:
Art Essays > Film & TV Studies
ing. I waited and waited and waited and never did my viewer's choice production. I'm glad I waited. ong>Fiddlerong> on the Roof was the single best play I've ever seen. And my seat, for having bought my ticke ... lot for itself. Tevye's battles with tradition and change were done well. I came to understand the fiddler's symbolism after the play, and now I see why the fiddler was such an important part. That p ...
(3 pages)
2299
0
0.0
Apr/2001
Subjects:
Literature Research Papers
ing. I waited and waited and waited and never did my viewer's choice production. I'm glad I waited. ong>Fiddlerong> on the Roof was the single best play I've ever seen. And my seat, for having bought my ticke ... lot for itself. Tevye's battles with tradition and change were done well. I came to understand the fiddler's symbolism after the play, and now I see why the fiddler was such an important part. That p ...
(3 pages)
1325
0
0.0
Apr/2001
Subjects:
Literature Research Papers
chool) and shabbes tisch(Sabbath table) of legends and literature, and every aspect of the musical "ong>Fiddlerong> on the Roof." In this shtetl of second-hand memories, the heavy/sweetish smells of foods lik ...
(4 pages)
1568
0
0.0
Feb/2008
Subjects:
History Term Papers > World History > World War II
chool) and shabbes tisch(Sabbath table) of legends and literature, and every aspect of the musical "ong>Fiddlerong> on the Roof." In this shtetl of second-hand memories, the heavy/sweetish smells of foods lik ...
(4 pages)
1380
0
0.0
Feb/2008
Subjects:
History Term Papers > World History > World War II