{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "Most people don\u2019t know this, but the movie Shaft was based on a novel by one Ernest Tidyman. After the 1971 film was a surprise...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/121745131683/", "html": "<p><a href=\"http://davidsevera.tumblr.com/post/121737220754/most-people-dont-know-this-but-the-movie-shaft\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">davidsevera</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n<p>Most people don\u2019t know this, but the movie Shaft was based on a novel by one Ernest Tidyman. After the 1971 film was a surprise hit a sequel was inevitable. Tidyman decided to write the next volume about a diamond heist. Sure. Now, the diamond trade is heavily Jewish, so, naturally, he called the book <i>Shaft Among the Jews</i>. Apparently the inciting incident is that Shaft mistakes some Hasidic Jews for cowboys because of their hats and they wind up hiring him to solve a mystery.</p>\n<p>The\u2026 striking cover is below the cut.<br/></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://davidsevera.tumblr.com/post/121737220754/most-people-dont-know-this-but-the-movie-shaft\" target=\"_blank\">Keep reading</a></p></blockquote>"}