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He was impossible to relate to, and his emotions weren't conveyed cleanly

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In Reply to: RE: I actually thought he was perfectly cast. posted by Harmonia on November 11, 2009 at 11:48:01

Burn After Reading was brilliant in its farcical approach to personal affairs bordering on the fringes of international intelligence. A Serious Man was an atrocity with no redeeming value whatsoever, except perhaps as a period piece as tunenut pointed out. But how could a return to humdrum middle America ca 1967 be exciting? Snoozers!
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We must be the change we wish to see in the world. -Gandhi

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I think you're getting a little hyperbolic - tunenut 15:10:30 11/11/09 (5)
An "atrocity?" I quite enjoyed it after all. I found it evocative. I will probably see it again. I probably will not see Burn After Reading again.
- I think Judaism has enough challenges without popular culture portraying Bar Mitzvahs like that - Jazz Inmate 17:00:44 11/11/09 (4)
  Spoilers below:
  No, I meant atrocity in the literal sense, not hyperbole. The rabbis were buffoons, the family was nuts, the relative was brought up on sex charges and gambling. The protagonist acted like a space cadet, not a professor. And for what? Another hollywood gem that we can't get any answers from religion? It's been done to death. Thanks, but no thanks.
  I've seen Burn After Reading four times already and it just keeps getting better.
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  We must be the change we wish to see in the world. -Gandhi
  
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  - Judaism has zero challenges. Israel is another story. nt - tinear 13:53:12 11/12/09 (3)
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    - Both face anti-semitism. You're well versed enough to know that NT - Jazz Inmate 13:59:33 11/12/09 (2)
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      We must be the change we wish to see in the world. -Gandhi
      - Oy vey! Are you playing the anti-semitism card, AGAIN? - Audiophilander 18:40:51 11/13/09 (1)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Both face anti-semitism. You're well versed enough to know that NT posted by Jazz Inmate on November 12, 2009 at 13:59:33
        
        Don't you get enough exercise cheerleading that POV over on the Outside board? And FYI, just so you don't try tarring me with that brush: it isn't anti-semitic behavior to question the subjective criticism of a film that others haven't found objectionable.
        
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        Obviously, auph, neither the film nor the filmmakers are anti-semitic - Jazz Inmate 22:38:04 11/15/09 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Oy vey! Are you playing the anti-semitism card, AGAIN? posted by Audiophilander on November 13, 2009 at 18:40:51
        
        but anti-semitism does exist--difficult as it may be for you to face reality--and it's best not to feed the monster with unflattering, misleading images of Judaism. Why would you even want to portray a Bar Mitzvah or rabbis like that? It really added nothing to the film, which was devoid of any meaning or redeeming quality.
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        We must be the change we wish to see in the world. -Gandhi

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