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Once Upon a Mime


URL: http://www.jewishjournal.com/arts/article/once_upon_a_mime_20040220

Once upon a time, Joel ben Izzy worked as a mime -- until he injured his hip in a car crash.

Then he became a storyteller who lost his voice.

"If I could market irony, I'd be rich," said the wry, rueful performer.

Ben Izzy -- who eventually regained his speech -- recounts the journey in a moving new book, "The Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness" (Algonquin, $22.95). Woven into the memoir are 15 multicultural folk tales, including the Talmudic legend of how King Solomon achieved wisdom after temporarily losing his empire.

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