Creating The Escapist in the Kavalier & Clay Opera
Clip: Season 53 Episode 10 | 1m 36sVideo has Closed Captions
Sam (Miles Mykkanen) and Joe (Andrzej Filończyk) create The Escapist.
Cousins Sam (Miles Mykkanen) and Joe (Andrzej Filończyk) brainstorm the idea behind the comic book character The Escapist in "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay" (based on the Pulitzer-Prize winning novel).
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Major series funding for GREAT PERFORMANCES is provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Sue...
Creating The Escapist in the Kavalier & Clay Opera
Clip: Season 53 Episode 10 | 1m 36sVideo has Closed Captions
Cousins Sam (Miles Mykkanen) and Joe (Andrzej Filończyk) brainstorm the idea behind the comic book character The Escapist in "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay" (based on the Pulitzer-Prize winning novel).
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♪ ♪He comes in the darkest house.
- Guided by the light ♪ ♪...of his golden key ♪ ♪Eluding capture with his skills deception and evasion ♪ ♪ The Escapist ♪ ♪ He puts on a mask.
- And he sees the world...♪ ♪ Not how it is.
- But how it could be ♪ ♪ The wounded... - Rescued.
-The broken - Repaired ♪ ♪ The lost... - Redeemed ♪ ♪ The Escapist!
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Major series funding for GREAT PERFORMANCES is provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Sue...