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1 month ago
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The real ping pong champion and hustler who inspired 'Marty Supreme'

Marty Reisman rose from 1940s–50s New York table-tennis hustling to international champion and flamboyant showman, inspiring a fictional cinematic character.
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The Real Marty Supreme | Defector

Marty Reisman ran a shabby but lively Riverside Table Tennis club where he hustled opponents using eccentric handicaps and theatrical flair.
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1 week ago

Advice From 'Marty Supreme,' Getting A Handle On A Fast-Growing Nonlegal Career Path, And Paris Checking In - Above the Law

Practice Group Director roles are emerging nonlegal JD jobs often misunderstood as merely administrative but essential for running law firm practice units.
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1 month ago

Marty Supreme's Megawatt Personality

Josh Safdie's hectic new film Marty Supreme, set in 1952, mainly in New York, is, essentially, Uncut Gems but with a happy ending. That recklessly exuberant 2019 drama, which Safdie co-directed with his brother, Benny, stars Adam Sandler as a jewelry dealer in Manhattan and a compulsive gambler who takes thrilling risks to pay off his creditors and learns that the house always wins. With Marty SupremeSafdie's first feature directed without Benny since 2008the happy ending follows logically from a happy beginning, so to speak.
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