...born with the gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad

A case of mistaken Levantity: Something I didn’t mention in my report about the lunch featuring the troika of Human Rights speakers—the amusing slip of the tongue by B’nai Brith’s David Matas. At one point during his rambling spiel, Matas called Ezra Levant “Oscar Levant.” He corrected himself immediately, but, being a fan of old Hollywood musicals—and the acerbity of Oscar, a once famous mid-20^th Century depressive and wit—I couldn’t help but giggle at the error. And then, imagination sparked, I thought of how An American in Paris might be remade today—in a non-musical version with Ezra in the Oscar role; John Bolton assaying Gene Kelly; and, as the adorable French gamine with legs that never end, introducing the lovely and talented Mrs. Nicolas Sarkozy.

Okay, I admit it. I am a bit nuts.

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