Curb Your Enthusiasm
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Warning : This article contains spoilers forCurb Your Enthusiasmseason 12 , instalment 9 .
The recent episode ofCurb Your Enthusiasm – season 12 , installment 9 , “ Ken / Kendra ” – include a callback to an obscure picture reference from time of year 10 with Larry David ’s feeling of Raymond Massey ’s Abraham Lincoln . The episode see Larry unwittingly break his masseuse , catching a restauranteur switching out his wellness review evaluation , and meeting Bruce Springsteen . During his get together with Springsteen , Larry mix up their Methedrine of body of water and accidentally infect “ The Boss ” with COVID .
To make damages with his masseuse , Larry promised to premise her to Springsteen . So , they lift into Springsteen ’s house , wander into the backyard , and find him regain from COVID in a back way . While Larry is examine to get a picture of the masseuse with an ailing Springsteen in the background , he comment the movie thata COVID - ride Springsteenis see on video : Abe Lincoln in Illinois , a 1940 biopic starring Raymond Massey as the revered U.S. chair . Larry does an stamp of Massey ’s Lincoln – and it ’s not the first fourth dimension he ’s show off this impression on the show .
Curb Your Enthusiasm ’s penultimate episode – time of year 12 , episode 9 , " Ken / Kendra " – is full of enceinte moments , like Bruce Springsteen ’s brush with COVID .
Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 12, Episode 9 Calls Back To Larry’s Impression Of Raymond Massey As Lincoln
When Larry seesAbe Lincoln in Illinoison Springsteen ’s TV , he ca n’t resist doing an impression of Massey ’s performance . Specifically , Larry impersonate Massey ’s delivery of Lincoln ’s iconic “ House Divided ” speech . Abe Lincoln in Illinoiscovers Lincoln ’s life from leaving Kentucky to being elected United States President . Although it was well - invite by contemporary critics , Abe Lincoln in Illinoiswas a box office bomb . According to theHistorical Journal of Film , Radio , and Television , it gross just $ 666,000 on a $ 1,004,000 budget . But it made enough of an impression on Larry David for him to imitate Massey ’s performance all these year afterward .
Larry Previously Impersonated Massey’s Lincoln In Curb Season 10’s “Insufficient Praise”
This is n’t the first time that Larry has done an impression of Massey ’s delineation of Lincoln in an episode ofCurb Your Enthusiasm . He previously impersonated Massey ’s Lincoln in season 10 , episode 5 , “ deficient kudos . ” In the episode , Larry calls Clive Owen to congratulate his carrying into action in a one - homo show and Owen does n’t find Larry ’s praise to be sufficient . While they niggle about what constitutes echt kudos , Larry says that his high praise is allow for delicious sandwiches and spot - on famous person impressions .
Jeff call for Larry if he does any impressions andLarry says he can do Raymond Massey as Lincoln . He then launches into a Raymond Massey feeling and , once again , impersonates the “ House Divided ” manner of speaking . Larry has been enamor by American historythroughoutCurb Your Enthusiasm ’s entire run , so it progress to sense that the movie he restrain come back to is a biopic of a president . When Larry was memorizing the Gettysburg Address earlier this time of year , he should ’ve delivered it as Massey ’s Lincoln .
Source : Historical Journal of Film , Radio , and Television
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Curb Your Enthusiasm is a Comedy television show created by Larry David , the same creative mind behind the wildly popular sitcom , Seinfeld . asterisk Larry David himself , along with Cheryl Hines , and Jeff Garlin , the show acts as a semi - fictionalized look at Larry ’s every day life and the masses he would add up in inter-group communication with .
Curb Your Enthusiasm is a Comedy television show created by Larry David, the same creative mind behind the wildly popular sitcom, Seinfeld. Starring Larry David himself, along with Cheryl Hines, and Jeff Garlin, the show acts as a semi-fictionalized look at Larry’s every day life and the people he would come in contact with.
