Posted on 07/12/2005 4:01:42 AM PDT by rhema
My first and only Woody Allen movie was Manhattan which my oldest sister suck me in to see when I was 12. I watched this geezer paw Mariel Hemmingway who was six years older than me. She tried to convince me that it was funny and it was art. I was very clear it was neither. His incestuous marriage did not surprise me.
So far as I know, Allen is an atheist. He has certainly used his films to mock Judaism.
The thing is, most atheists of the past two hundred years or so have indeed believed that history is going somewhere--a utopian "omega point" at which history ends in a static paradise. Most atheists today believe similarly (at least the ones who make the most noise).
The only political philosophy I am aware of that rejects the notion of a teleological Hegelian (or else religious supernatural) course to history is Italian Fascism. Fascism differed from both Nazism and Communism in this regard, as Mussolini proclaimed "we are a heretic to all the paradises." Life and history was constant unending struggle with no resolution either at the end of history or after life.
Who'd a thunk that Woody Allen and his largely Jewish audience would have been disciples of Mussolini???
Look, you don't ask your plumber for fashion tips and you don't ask a comedy writer for his view of the geopolitical situation.
So, why did the journalist ask? It's one of the oldest tricks in "ambush journalism." The reporter is sitting across from a successful guy with a large ego who has made a ton of money and asks a question the guy is entirely unable to answer with any kind of expertise. A reasonable person would say "Huh? What do I know about that? Are you nuts?" But if the interview subject's ego is large enough, he/she will feel compelled to answer, thus making a fool of themselves.
"Who'd a thunk that Woody Allen and his largely Jewish audience would have been disciples of Mussolini???"
You asked "who'da thunk" - the point is they don't think. They follow. This man has done a lot of deliberate damage to the Jewish image. His views match his self loathing.
I ripped the movie apart and turned in my review; consequently was chastised by my professor for applying my own morality to the assignment. At the time, I was a liberal myself but could not be shaken in my conviction that this was disgusting and wrong.
And you were 100% right--this movie was not funny nor was it art.
Heh heh heh.
Woody Allen is an amoral pervert. Nothing he says is of any consequence, except in his own mind.
"If you want a glimpse of how I think about foreign policy, read Natan Sharansky's book."
I would implore the president to start acting like it when dealing with Israel. Questionably the most important aspect of the book deals with appeasement, and the negative effects it has brought to both the free countries who wield it and the fear countries who thrive on it. Unfortunately the President (who I have the utmost respect for) has been utilizing a double standard in respect to the state of Israel. Appeasing a fear society never works...ask Natan......
"The history of the world is like: He kills me, I kill him."
There is something here that is very deep and "intellectual".
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