“Emily at the Edge of Chaos” – Peering over the precipice [MOVIE REVIEW]
“Emily at the Edge of Chaos” is the personal journey of the brilliant mind of Emily Levine. First conceived as a one-woman play for the Ensemble Studio Theatre in New York in 2009, Levine continued to hone and sharpen her theme, never straying far from her initial thesis–life is a never-ending paradigm shift. What brought it on is an interesting personal story. Emily Levine was a successful stand-up comedian in the early seventies, a time when the number of female comedians could be counted on one hand. Harvard-educated, Levine was independent, defiant, and played second fiddle to no one. To say she was a brilliant intellectual is giving her short shrift. I knew Emily Levine. Her mind was endlessly curious, her wit incisive, her ideas on a different plane than us mere mortals. And, she was incredibly nice and approachable. She was a marvel of inclusivity, always wanting to know more about you; focusing not on herself but on those around her. Dazzlzed by her wit and intellect, she had the ability to make me feel smarter. If there are three stages of life, we met during her third stage by which time she was a famous TED lecturer. After her stand-up career in the late 70s, she became…
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