{"id":115227,"date":"2017-09-11T07:30:54","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T11:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=115227"},"modified":"2017-09-11T10:01:47","modified_gmt":"2017-09-11T14:01:47","slug":"michael-friedman-1975-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2017\/09\/11\/michael-friedman-1975-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Friedman (1975\u20132017)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_115230\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/djuztdsv4aenrqx.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-115230\" class=\"wp-image-115230 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/djuztdsv4aenrqx.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/djuztdsv4aenrqx.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/djuztdsv4aenrqx-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/djuztdsv4aenrqx-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/djuztdsv4aenrqx-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-115230\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Friedman.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It was surprising, when we searched the archive, to discover that Michael Friedman published only one piece on <em>The Paris Review<\/em> <em>Daily<\/em>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/28\/political-theater\/\" target=\"_blank\">a response to the Metropolitan Opera\u2019s staging of <i>The Death of Klinghoffer<\/i><\/a>. It surprised us because over the years we\u2019d <i>talked<\/i> about his doing so many different things, on so many different subjects, from a column on new music at Le Poisson Rouge to an online version of an informal seminar he held known as Michael Friedman\u2019s Drunk Music Appreciation Class. As his obituaries amply demonstrate, Michael had other\u2014and arguably more important\u2014things to do with his time. When he died on Saturday, at the age of forty-one, the theater world lost one of its most vibrant and versatile talents.<\/p>\n<p>When someone dies, we\u2019ve been known to describe him as \u201ca friend to the <i>Review.<\/i>\u201d Usually what that means is a regular contributor to our pages, or perhaps a material supporter of the magazine. Michael was neither. But in every sense, he <i>was<\/i> a true friend to the <em>Review<\/em>. He certainly gave his effervescent presence and restless, quicksilver intelligence to our events; as a theater veteran\u2014not to mention a mensch\u2014he knew the importance of showing up. And he was a friend, period. He was the best. No one wanted to have to write any of these tributes for him. 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