"For hanging there in plain sight is a two-month calendar showing May and June of 1967"

Posted by Jazz Inmate (A) on February 4, 2010 at 12:29:24

In Reply to: a more interesting analysis posted by tunenut on February 4, 2010 at 07:27:03:

Sorry, tunenut, but that review is banal and there is much the reviewer is missing. He astutely points out the calendar and its date, but then ties this to popular culture. Huh? His review up until then had praised Serious Man for rejecting popular culture and inviting us into a different world. Then he points out the six-day war, June 5-10, which also coincide with the film's timing. An existential threat to Israel, just as there is an existential threat to the protagonist's family. And the way the movie ends, which I won't give away, is not very optimistic to put it kindly. What was "hilarious" about a kid getting stoned to read from the Torah? And that was the climax of the film--to make a mockery of the Jewish ceremony of becoming a man. I found all the Coens' choices quirky at best--though they have done "quirky" elsewhere far better--and on the darker side, readily given to the demonization of Jews, Judaism and Israel.

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Topic - I am thinking about living and enjoying life! - Victor Khomenko 19:42:25 02/01/10 (13)

RE: I am thinking about living and enjoying life! - patrickU 11:09:33 02/02/10 (0)

"Divorce, Italian Style." "Dona Flor and her two Husbands." - tinear 08:04:03 02/02/10 (0)

Garbo could read the Telephone Book - ArdRi 22:39:23 02/01/10 (4)

Best wishes to your uncle! - Victor Khomenko 06:52:33 02/02/10 (3)

He has some charmed life! Suggestion: - tinear 08:09:16 02/02/10 (2)

Done that. - Victor Khomenko 08:46:32 02/02/10 (1)

Yup, and still there is so much complaining and hand-wringing - tinear 11:49:27 02/02/10 (0)

Then "A Serious Man" by the Cohen Bros. may be a good start. - free.ranger 22:36:14 02/01/10 (5)

The message was just as boring as the rest of it - Jazz Inmate 14:13:06 02/03/10 (4)

The Coens have a Dylan-esque view of the world which goes against your - tinear 16:44:00 02/04/10 (1)

All of Hollywood is mindlessly critical of religion, from Borat to Shawshank - Jazz Inmate 22:40:52 02/04/10 (0)

a more interesting analysis - tunenut 07:27:03 02/04/10 (1)

"For hanging there in plain sight is a two-month calendar showing May and June of 1967" - Jazz Inmate 12:29:24 02/04/10 (0)

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