RSS"The other question is that, given Cohen's background, as an Iranian Jew, he may have a different perspective on this than an Ashkenazi Jew would."
He's not an Iranian Jew. He's Ashkenazi.
"As an example in business, think David Packard and Bernie Madoff; in academia, Edward O. Wilson and Alan Dershowitz; in entertainment, Carole Burnett and Roseanne Barr."
Maybe we can add Joe Scarborough and Ben Dreyfuss (son of actor Richard) to this list.
And just think what will happen if Zimmerman is acquitted during the Black Expo. You'll see a huge "black hurricane" and it won't be pretty.
Isn't it ironic that the movie version of I Am Legend starred Will Smith, a black man?
The irony here is that these residents of Buckhead vote for and support Dimocrats so they are getting what they vote for good and hard. Their congresscritter is John Lewis.
Does Dr. Perez de los Calamares Fritas have any unmarried sisters? If so, I would like to marry one of them?
Perhaps FAT CITY – Tyrell’s performance was masterful yet she lost out to Fonda in the end.
WALKABOUT – Needed more than ever these days.
The INCIDENT – Small but vital to our “sensibilities”.
The ANDERSON TAPES – A very compelling metaphor, as above.
There’s more, but I won’t bore you.
About The DEER HUNTER – Pure American male masturbation fantasy underscoring the cultural assassination of the Vietnamese. Loaded with contempt for its subjects, ALL of its subjects it’s questionable; but it may have been a decent film if Vietnam had never happened. The welcome irony, though, is that all the B.S. about how barbaric the Vietnamese have been in their twenty-five century history really belongs to us. We are the ones who have altered torture into an art form in our two and a half century history.
Thank you for your effort. Well thought out. One is able to appreciate a warm hearted attempt to define the hidden blessings to be found in film.
It definitely should at least have been on the list and bolded.
Perhaps FAT CITY
Definitely.
Thank you for your effort.
Are you the Z-man from Beyond the Valley of the Dolls?