Dave D wrote:
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> "The Starmaker" <starmaker@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> > On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 16:23:03 -0400, "Dave D" <dave.D@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>"Mason Barge" <masonbarge@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >>news:ed2dnXlDLvu8tfPVnZ2dnUVZ_oTinZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >>> "The Starmaker" <starmaker@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> >>> news:vkgq64d0ma63c3kkd2r49edeo5585j2gba@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>>> Did you know that Shrek is Jewish?
> >>>
> >>> 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.
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>
> >
> > You have to understand "movie making"...If it's Jewish name, the
> > accent is removed.
> >
> > *They* don't want a Jewish voice accent in their films...that would
> > "turn off" the audience. This is all calculated in advance.
> >
> >
> >
> > Now, did you see the movie "Independence Day"?
> >
> > That is probably the only recent movie where they have a "Jewish
> > character", with a Jewish stereotype in it.
> >
> > The part of the Jewish stereotype character is played by actor Judd
> > Hirsch. He plays a grubby unshaven old Jewish guy...
> > uses a lot of Hebonics to bring out the Jewish character...
> >
> >
> > The credits read:
> > Judd Hirsch .... Julius Levinson
> > http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116629/
> >
> >
> > But the name Julius is Italian or Greek.
> >
> >
> > How many people you know in this world who's first name is Julius?
> > Why did they gave him an Italian or Greek, instead of a Jewish name
> > like Max?
> >
> > It's calculated that way....these things are discussed in the
> > bathrooms.
>
> Wow. You're paranoia would be amusing if it wasn't so sad. You are the
> Bizarro world Uncle Leo.
Do have a disgreement with something there?
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