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I'm a bit bored with the comments about how improbable this movie is.

posted 10 years ago by jet_blanchard
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This is movie is 'ENTERTAINMENT" - a movie made from a play that was probably astory/book before that. If you want to study Judiasm, find a Shul and a congenial Rabbi. don't look to popular entertainment to teach you the facts; "Wholly Moses", Mel Brooks got there first.
As a matter of fact, I've been led to look into and learn about things and ceremonies that I've gotten to the age of 68 being vaguely aware of, but without a real interest in knowing - until this movie piqued my curiosity. I'll probably never become even a Reformed Jew from this movie, but I now know more about Judiasm (I was raised Catholic; we are still Jewish-derivates; Jesus Christ lived as a Jewish man and his body died as one) than I ever did.
Just because this movie was entertaining and made the subject more accessible and interesting.

"Vademecum..."

[–] jmatrixrenegade 9 years ago

True enough -- someone who knows history should also not rely on movies to be historically accurate. The movie "Belle," e.g., was pretty good. Historically accurate? Not so much. It's okay to point out how things are different in real life, but movies and t.v. generally are not real life. The NYC apartments people have in many t.v. shows alone suggest as much.