Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme has ruined countless investors and hit a political and social chord that has resulted in at least two film projects, including “The Wizard of Lies,” and “Imagining Madoff.” It has inspired Off-Broadway plays, and a good amount of books. We have a list dedicated to the best ones.
Add a musical to this expansive collection “Bernie Madoff’s Kadish” Alicia Joe Rabins made her stage debut in 2012 and is currently making a film adaptation with director Alicia J. Rose.
The singer, songwriter, and violinist Rabins had an artist residency in an empty office on Wall Street when the scandal came to light in 2008. As a Jew,” she says in her film. “It’s almost the same definition as ‘bad for Jews’.”
She worked through this inner conflict by viewing events through the prism of her shared Jewish identity. . Rabins often plays songs made as people who are connected to Madoff (therapist, FBI agent, investor), and in some scenes synchronized thinking about interconnections while her swimmers perform routines. Sometimes I have a surreal sensibility. But the film feels jerky and out of shape, as if we don’t know what exactly Ravins and Rose are trying to say, or how to get to the mourning prayer that gives the film its title — And finally provides an emotional coda.
Bernie Madoff Kadish
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