Posts Tagged ‘Movie Review’
MARTY SUPREME: A NEW GUISE FOR AN ANCIENT HATRED
To foster antisemitism the medieval church arranged paintings and carvings depicting Jews being excreted by pigs. In Germany they were called “Juden Sau” or Jews sow. You can see them preserved in the choir stalls of Cologne Cathedral (1308) and in bas relief in the town church of Wittenberg (1305). Jews forced to ride or…
Read More“Parasite” is not what you’re being told it is. A review with spoilers.
“Parasite” (Bong Joon-Ho 2019) “Parasite” is not what you’re being told it is. A review with spoilers. The New York Times this morning joins other media commentators in describing this movie as a “class-struggle thriller” and, in the same post-Oscar article, as a “comedy-thriller.” These are misleading descriptives. Parasite is not about class struggle, although…
Read More