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   From: chucksi@hotmail.com   
      
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   Mort Middleman  wrote:   
   >   
   > I think you're way off base on this one, Charles.   
      
   I'm not a movie maven, but even I know that moviemakers don't   
   set up shots like that by accident; it's planned carefully:   
   actor on the left of the frame, actor on the right, large   
   crucifix in the center.   
      
   Then the mention of the 'inferior' whatever it was, and the   
   jerking back of the thumb, ostensibly toward the bad guys   
   somewhere outside in that direction.   
      
   It was *clearly* a consciously thought out insult at   
   Christianity. That's a no-brainer as far as I am concerned.   
      
   What I'm interested in is why Allen got away with it without   
   complaints from Goyim. I am also very interested in what Allen   
   fans think of this. If they are fans of Woody Allen, they must   
   have seen the movie and the scene.   
      
   Mort Middleman has given his opinion, though without an   
   argument; what do the rest of you Woody Allen fans think?  What   
   do those of you think who know something about the making of   
   movies?   
      
   I like a lot of what Allen did, but think that the anti-   
   Christian bigotry appears fairly often in his films; it's part   
   of what he is (or was, if his career is over, as it appears).   
      
      
   >   
   > On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 05:13:33 +0100, Charles Sidnor   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   > >I remember one of Allen's movies, it might have been 'Radio   
   > >Days', where he and his leading lady are being chased by bad   
   > >guys. The run into a church by a door leading to the area behind   
   > >the altar, and end up in the aisle of the church.   
   > >   
   > >They have lost the bad guys, and are talking about whatever it   
   > >is. The scene shows the LL on the left, and Allen on the right,   
   > >with the altar in the background, out of focus. Above the altar   
   > >is a large cross.   
   > >   
   > >Allen says to the LL, speaking of the bad guys, that they they   
   > >represent something inferior. To emphasize his point, he   
   > >gestures with his thumb back toward the direction from which   
   > >they came, which is, in this shot, the altar and the cross.   
   > >   
   > >You would have to be unconscious not to see that this was a not-   
   > >so-subtle insult to Christianity.   
   > >   
   > >Apparently, Allen thought that the goyim who paid money to see   
   > >the movie would be too stupid to notice, or too afraid to   
   > >complain, lest they be accused of 'antisemitism'. And he was   
   > >right, as far as I can tell; I don't recall any complaints about   
   > >that scene, or about any other anti-Christian sleaze in his   
   > >films.   
   > >   
   > >Have you Woody Allen fans noticed this sort of hatred and   
   > >contempt of Christianity in his films? If you have, and I don't   
   > >see how you could miss it, what do you think of it?   
   > >   
   > >It seems to me that an aspring PhD could work up a decent thesis   
   > >along the lines of: Anti-Christian Bigotry as Exemplified In The   
   > >Films Of Woody Allen.   
      
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