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Revenge of the White Witch: Narnia Star Re-Interprets Lewis' Books as 'Anti-Religious'
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| 5/8/06
| John-Henry Westen
Posted on 05/08/2006 4:58:10 PM PDT by wagglebee
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To: wagglebee
Evidently, they pay her to act, not to think. And, I didn't htink the role called for a whole lot of acting. I thought she was well cast, looked the part and all, but what else did she do?
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posted on
05/08/2006 6:16:58 PM PDT
by
Mad Dawg
(If you find yourself in a fair fight, you did not prepare properly.)
To: xzins
That's pretty much how I've seen the dragon skin scene, or else as just a parallel for our need of salvation and inability to change ourselves - so it could be a metaphor about the futility of us trying to justify ourselves, or sanctify ourselves, pretty equally.
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posted on
05/08/2006 6:21:43 PM PDT
by
JenB
To: wagglebee
the actress who played the White Witch in the Chronicles of Narnia has suggested that C.S. Lewis' famous book The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is "anti-religious."etc.
She is an ahk-tor. Her chosen profession is, essentially, deception.
To: Buggman; Corin Stormhands; wagglebee; JenB; SuziQ; RosieCotton; RMDupree; Lil'freeper; xzins; ...
Obviously she read the script but not the book and probably never even read the parts of the other characters. Her job was to be a nasty ugly evil witch and she was born to play that part.
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posted on
05/08/2006 6:31:43 PM PDT
by
P-Marlowe
(((172 * 3.141592653589793238462) / 180) * 10 = 30.0196631)
To: wagglebee
"At least we made her whiter than white, the ultimate white supremacist, and we managed to railroad the knee-jerk attempt to make her look like an Arab."Ever since Orlando I've though Tilda Swinton was a flake. Constantine didn't do anything to temper that notion.
From what I remember, and I've read the book at least twice, there was NOTHING in the story that gave any hint that the White Witch was Arab. Now "The Horse and His Boy" was quite different. The Calormen were nothing, if not Arabs.
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posted on
05/08/2006 6:35:04 PM PDT
by
SuziQ
To: SuziQ
I have a feeling that some leftist anti-Christianity group (she admits she's a communist) handed her some talking points that she didn't understand anymore than she understood the story.
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posted on
05/08/2006 6:37:48 PM PDT
by
wagglebee
("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
To: wagglebee
"But in fact in our film his answer is that had she interpreted the deep magic differently . . . The idea of interpretation is right there in the heart of the film and belief is in the eye of the beholder, and people can slap on it whatever they want."Wrong again. Aslan said the Witch didn't read deep enough into it. The Truth was there, but she was too eager to interpret it in her own way, and in the process, missed the Truth. So she misunderstands again, that interpreting things your own way is the correct way of doing things rather than taking guidance from the Creator.
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posted on
05/08/2006 6:38:15 PM PDT
by
SuziQ
To: SuziQ
When will these people realize that we don't care what they *think*?!!? We pay them to play a role so that we may suspend belief for a short time and be entertained. They do themselves no favors when they rudely interrupt our happy disbelief with what they *think*. It seems like the dumber or more perverted they are, the more they speak up. Fortunately we get the last laugh as the box office take dwindles year after year.
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posted on
05/08/2006 7:02:27 PM PDT
by
Lil'freeper
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To: wagglebee
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posted on
05/08/2006 7:42:03 PM PDT
by
Alex Murphy
(Colossians 4:6)
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To: P-Marlowe
***I would have more respect for a Pope who said that good Protestants were going to hell than one who would in any way insinuate that good Muslims will make it to heaven.***
You forget that the RCs has a special dispensation for the Muslims.
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posted on
05/08/2006 10:29:39 PM PDT
by
Gamecock
("False ideas are the greatest obstacles to the reception of the gospel." Machen predicting Osteen)
To: Gamecock
That was posted here by mistake. :-)
It was meant for another thread.
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posted on
05/08/2006 10:46:42 PM PDT
by
P-Marlowe
(((172 * 3.141592653589793238462) / 180) * 10 = 30.0196631)
To: Logophile
The Party decides such things for its members: Ahh. I missed that detail.
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posted on
05/09/2006 4:45:36 AM PDT
by
the invisib1e hand
(It takes courage to live. Hence, the "culture of death...")
To: wagglebee
For once I have to admit that I'm not quite so put off by some actor/actress running at the mouth. Normally it bothers me when some person who is a swine in private plays as a hero in the movies. I think it's just the disingenuous aspect of it that bothers me. However in this case, I think Tilda is very fitting in this role. From the article:
Tilda Swinton, the Scottish actress who played the white witch described herself as a "red witch" alluding to her membership in the British Communist Party.
The communist party is the most murderous and soul destroying ideology in recorded human history. No wonder Tilda does such a good job of portraying the evil witch.
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posted on
05/09/2006 5:02:00 AM PDT
by
dbehsman
(One Wellstone memorial (rave party) is enough, thank you!)
To: SuziQ
From what I remember, and I've read the book at least twice, there was NOTHING in the story that gave any hint that the White Witch was Arab. Now "The Horse and His Boy" was quite different. The Calormen were nothing, if not Arabs. You are 100% right. I'll have to look over the relevant parts of "The Magician's Nephew" when you find out where the witch came from, but I've read all the books dozens of times and I've never imagined her as anything but vaguely Nordic.
Knee-jerk attempt to make her look like an Arab my foot.
Red witch indeed.
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posted on
05/09/2006 6:06:24 AM PDT
by
Claud
To: wagglebee
Mixing commentary on politics and religion Swinton spoke of her character of the white witch saying, "At least we made her whiter than white, the ultimate white supremacist, and we managed to railroad the knee-jerk attempt to make her look like an Arab."Bunny, pancake, etc.
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posted on
05/09/2006 6:07:52 AM PDT
by
ovrtaxt
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To: wagglebee
Judas Iscariot spent several years with our Lord and look how that turned out.Isn't it mazing, the capacity to deceive oneself?
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posted on
05/09/2006 6:10:28 AM PDT
by
ovrtaxt
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To: Claud
I'll have to look over the relevant parts of "The Magician's Nephew" when you find out where the witch came from,She was Jadis, the last queen of a dead world that was frozen in judgment. Eustace (or was it Digory?) woke her up by ringing a bell that he wasnt' supposed to touch.
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posted on
05/09/2006 6:12:27 AM PDT
by
ovrtaxt
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To: ovrtaxt
Yep. Jadis of Charn. Digory was the one who rang the bell. Do you remember anything about her physical description in that passage? I remember she was tall and cruelly beautiful, but that's it.
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posted on
05/09/2006 7:08:09 AM PDT
by
Claud
To: the invisib1e hand
This is ignorant. What informs the conscience, dearie? Whim? Emotion? Passion? Or dogma?Unfortunately, there are plenty of atheist FReepers who insist that G-d isn't necessary for an objective, external moral code, though they never get around to telling you where it comes from.
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