The Kid Gets Another Picture

Me and CI went to that reading last night at Think Tank 3, Ron Ross reading from his book "Bummy Davis vs. Murder, Inc." with Charles Miller's striking paintings of Jewish boxers all around us. It was a good night - the space was perfect for the occasion, the art leant some heavy atmosphere, and Ron was charismatic and showed a real performer's streak, which all made the festivities a notch above your average "reading." And we met up with our man Kurt (known to those of you who troll the No Mas comments as "Kurt") - he's a boxing insider and afficianado of the highest order and just an all-around interesting dude.


But okay, so we had a nice time. The point is, in the course of his presentation, Ron dropped the news that Robert Evans had just optioned his book for a movie that Evans envisions as a true Mafia epic of the old school. They're currently trying to get Barry Levinson to direct it. If you know the story at all, you know that it has infinite cinematic potential - the mob versus the little guy, good versus evil, Jewish fighters and Murder Inc. Just the way Ron would end a passage or a description last night by saying in this dramatically clipped diction, "and this... was the group that... eventually became known... as Murder Incorporated" - I tell you, the thing is like a movie already.

So we wish him all the best with it, we certainly hope that movie gets made, and again we urge you to go check out the "Jewish Boxers" show at Think Tank 3 on 447 Hudson Street. It'll blow you away.