The towels and bands that Noelle and her husband were wearing on their heads was obviously a reference to Joseph & the Virgin Mary walking in the desert before Jesus was born (if you buy that story). And... it was hysterical! I laughed out loud at the visual ridiculousness.
"Seems most IMDb users believe their own opinions are fact and all others' are wrong." ~Me
Wow, you are literally too stuipid to ignore. There was no biblical subtext or imagery to them wearing towels on their heads. If you watch any movie about desert survival or even just a documentary on desert people, you'd see that wearing cloth around the neck and head is a regular practice because it's a means of locking in moisture while protecting exposed skin from severe sun damage. Sorry for calling you stupid, but come on, man.
"Talking is overrated as a means of resolving disputes."
1. Not really feelin' the apology.
2. I'm a woman.
3. DUH! I am fully knowledgeable of the pragmatic reason behind the wearing of cloths on the heads of "desert people." However, if you are choosing to ignore that (a) Chabert's character was pregnant, (b) they were in the desert, and (c) they could not, symbolically, "find room at the inn," then you, yourself, are "too stupid to ignore." Do you really think the filmmakers were unintentional in this wardrobe choice? Ding-dong, crazyfatcat, wake up and smell the biblical reference.
"Seems most IMDb users believe their own opinions are fact and all others' are wrong." ~Me
1. My apologies for the substandard former apology.
2. The gender specification was not intentional...my bad.
3. Unless you can find a history of religious subtext on the writers' part, then I believe you are just seeing biblical references where there are only coincidences. Not to mention, that the pregnant woman and her husband lost in the desert and nobody taking them in is actually a tale from Zoroastrianism that was just re-told in the New Testament. And I am in no way accusing you of this, but there are alot of posts from angry atheists who "see" these biblical references just so they can rage about it online. Like the characters coming across a snake and the viewer's saying "well that's obviously Satan". Again, not accusing you of this. I can understand the association, as you've said it's pretty blatant, but intentional? I can't agree until I see a pattern of such in the writers' work.
I do however apologize for even commenting, as I believe people can believe what they want, but at the time I read your post I was drunk and antagonistic. So again...my apologies.
"Talking is overrated as a means of resolving disputes."
Also, if I am not mistaken, Joseph and Mary didn't flee to the desert until after Jesus was born. When Mary was pregnant they were just traveling from where they lived to Nazareth to comply with the census and the inn was too full. The fled to the desert after Jesus was born to escape Harod who was having all infants killed because the wise men had told him that the new 'king' was to have been born when the new star appeared. So Joseph and Mary took Jesus and fled into the desert to hide him.
shareThis has become too funny.
The symbolism is, of course, my own interpretation. I certainly didn't expect a dissertation on the bible! Nor am I interested in one.
Have a great week, everyone!
"Seems most IMDb users believe their own opinions are fact and all others' are wrong." ~Me
What is truly funny is that you give the writers and director credit for having enough intelligence that they COULD actually have put some biblical symbolism into this trite and oft-repeated story line.
shareYour closing quote is ironic, as proven when you say "is obviously a reference . ." It's not "obvious," meaning factual, it's just your opinion. I thought of Bedouins/my neighbor working in his yard in summer.
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