Dave D wrote:
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> "Mason Barge" <masonbarge@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "The Starmaker" <starmaker@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> Did you know that Shrek is Jewish?
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>> Maybe it would be more accurate to say that he's a "Yiddish
>> character". A lot of the humble people in the movie are, while the
>> royalty in the movie are more Christian/European. The whole schmear
>> seems based on medeival Eurpoean, put-upon peasants, with a heavy
>> component of Jews/outsiders who have to live by their wits.
>>
>> But I agree, I think the basis of the character, and the style of the
>> legend, is very Jewish.
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> The accent is Scottish. In fact on the first movie DVD commentary it
> says that Canadian Mike Myers tried it originally with an Canadian
> accent. A lot of the phrases like 'going the right way for a smacked
> bottom' come from his childhood with British parents in Toronto.
>
> So calling Shrek Jewish, Oy Vay! is a stretch.
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>
I'm sure Star will say all Scottish people are Jews.
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