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For years, artist Drew Friedman has chronicled a strange, alternate universe populated by forgotten Hollywood stars, old Jewish comedians and liver-spotted elevator operators. Vermeer of the Borscht Belt is an in-depth documentary tracing Friedman's evolution from underground comics to the cover of the New Yorker.
"In a world that's increasingly driven by media hype, it's refreshing to find an individual voice who's willing to stick up for the odd and the outrageous."
-Leonard Maltin
Friedman grew up amid the New York literary scene of his father, writer Bruce Jay Friedman, but he was more at home with the Three Stooges, Car 54 and MAD magazine.
“Vermeer of the Borscht Belt” traces fifty years of American popular culture through the unique lens of Drew Friedman.
We'll talk with Friedman's friends and colleagues, exploring his influences and inspiration.
We'll watch as he transforms a rough sketch into a full color painting.
And we'll go on a behind-the-scenes tour of Friedman's private “Jewseum” perhaps the world's largest collection of artifacts devoted exclusively to Jewish comedians.
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