{"id":14,"date":"2004-08-16T19:31:42","date_gmt":"2004-08-16T23:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/dingansich\/2004\/08\/16\/hot-fusion\/"},"modified":"2011-11-26T23:16:09","modified_gmt":"2011-11-27T03:16:09","slug":"hot-fusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dingansich\/2004\/08\/16\/hot-fusion\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot fusion"},"content":{"rendered":"

A couple of months ago, This American Life<\/a> on NPR featured the extraordinary profile of Chaim<\/a>, a young Hasidic Jew who redubbed himself “Curly Oxide” and became something of a Williamsburg punk-rock star before marrying and returning to the life of Hasidim. Along similar lines, sans reversion, an emerging Hasidic reggae star of dubious talent but well-pitched niche named Matisyahu<\/a> has hit the scene, performing at Joe’s Pub last week and scoring an interview on WNYC<\/a>. Still more press<\/a> has been accorded to 50 Shekel and his Jew-Unit<\/a>, named one of the “Nine Most Remarkable Things in Culture This Month” by the December 2003 issue of Esquire Magazine<\/a>. I must say that “In Da Shul”<\/a> — his rewriting of the 50 Cent song — is pretty darn endearing; read the lyrics here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Among ethnically inflected renditions of “In Da Club,” my personal favorite remains Tigerstyle<\/a>‘s bhangra mix — a mainstay on BBC One’s Bobby Friction & Nihal<\/a> and Punjabi Hit Squad’s Desi Beats<\/a> shows. Speaking of bhangra (as I always seem to be), this recent Washington Post<\/em> article<\/a> takes a fresh approach, emphasizing the dance-form and actually encouraging readers to attend bhangra classes and club-nights, much as one would go salsa-dancing. Balle balle!<\/p>\n

As Bollywood buzzes about the possibility of Hrithik Roshan<\/a> starring in a remake of Superman<\/span><\/a> (Dharmendra starred in the Hindi para-original<\/a>), Gotham Comics and Marvel team up to bring us Spider-Man India<\/a><\/em>. In addition to Spider-ji<\/a>, of course, the world is also big enough for Spider-san<\/a>, a (theoretical) Spider-jew<\/a>, and a (newly imagined) Soviet Superman<\/a>. For those curious about further case studies in the globalization of the comic-book, this site<\/a> inventorying major superheroes around the world is a good place to start.<\/p>\n

In more crossover news, The Pet Shop Boys<\/a> have composed a new score for Eisenstein’s Battleship Potemkin<\/em>, which the Dresdner Sinfoniker<\/a> will be performing at Trafalgar Square September 12. Neil Tennant writes about the project in The Guardian<\/a><\/em>. Letters to the editor<\/a> clarifying the history of the film’s scorings<\/a> are also worth a read.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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