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I saw this article in the Metro today, and my jaw just dropped.
Now, you all know I'm not a massive fan of religion. In fact, I'm not a fan at all, but this goes beyond even what I find acceptable and goes straight into 'oh wait, hang on now'.
It might be because I've got some pagan friends, and can imagine what their reactions would be at having their religion described as that practised in The Wicker Man. I mean, I love that film, but saying that it's an accurate description of modern pagans is like saying Jude Suss is an accurate portrayl of Jews.
Seriously Metro, wtf? It was on the front page too, I'm looking forward to seeing tomorrow's opinion's page.
Now, you all know I'm not a massive fan of religion. In fact, I'm not a fan at all, but this goes beyond even what I find acceptable and goes straight into 'oh wait, hang on now'.
It might be because I've got some pagan friends, and can imagine what their reactions would be at having their religion described as that practised in The Wicker Man. I mean, I love that film, but saying that it's an accurate description of modern pagans is like saying Jude Suss is an accurate portrayl of Jews.
Seriously Metro, wtf? It was on the front page too, I'm looking forward to seeing tomorrow's opinion's page.
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Date: 2010-12-07 06:16 pm (UTC)Seriously, what a dreadful bit of hackery.
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Date: 2010-12-07 06:19 pm (UTC)It's an uncomfortable truth that Jude Suss would be remembered as a great film were it not for its position in history.......
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Date: 2010-12-07 06:56 pm (UTC)Really boring aryan family! Booming bombastic music! Debauched Jewish Women! Random Jewish midget!
It didn't revolt me nearly as much as it made me wonder what Goebbles was one when he made it.
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Date: 2010-12-07 07:20 pm (UTC)Goebbels was pretty strange- at the end of the war with the Red Army closing in on Berlin, he's pulling troops out of the front line to act as extras in 'Kolberg' for Pete's sake! Admittedly, the result is something remarkable which is now almost forgotten.
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Date: 2010-12-07 08:43 pm (UTC)The only accuracy I can find is that they got the name of a festival mostly right. Everything else, literally every single other thing in the entire piece, was offensive bollocks. It would be like me writing a front-page article about those weird christians who keep idols of a decaying corpse and demand time off work to celebrate his death, and then deciding to just fill the rest of it up with the most random ideas I could come up with.
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Date: 2010-12-07 09:47 pm (UTC)It must have been a VERY slow news day.
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Date: 2010-12-07 08:54 pm (UTC)When I was chair of the Pagan society at Uni, people often asked me if Paganism was like the religion in the Wicker Man. I had never seen the film, so I just used to say 'probably not', assuming that it was likely balls. Now I have seen the film, I am glad I said no!
Also, lol at the festival of the lambs milk, aka, imbolc, St. Bridget's Day aka observed in Churches around the UK. Fail.
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Date: 2010-12-07 08:55 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-12-07 09:50 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-12-08 06:32 am (UTC)Didn't Christopher Lee actually do a lot of work to ensure that film was actually made? I guess he knew the world needed to see him dancing around in a dress setting fire to people.
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Date: 2010-12-08 01:38 pm (UTC)Wicker Man is one of those films that should plain just NOT WORK. It has Christopher Lee in a dress! And really weird music! And a main character you want to strangle! And people being naked in Scotland in November!
AND IT WAS AWESOME.
Which is why I don't understand why people keep making sequels and remakes of it, the original was like finding a crisp in the shape of Elvis Presley, you're not going to have any luck looking through packs of crisps for another one.
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Date: 2010-12-07 11:54 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-12-09 08:03 am (UTC)