| Burns as Herod [message #197479] |
Mi, 04 Januar 2006 03:55 |
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It's been a while since I've posted here (rehab (jk)) so i've been a
bit remiss about reading the NG. I was wondering if anybody else
thought that using Burns to play Herod in the Christmass episode was a
bit anti-semitic. I say this because Burns, an evil old miser with a
hook nose, sets out to kill Jesus. See the sterotypes? I realize that
Burns is not Jewish, but Herod was.
Probably any anti-semitism was non-intentional, but I thought I might
as well point it out.
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| Re: Burns as Herod [message #197480 ] |
Mi, 04 Januar 2006 04:40 |
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"jsonitsac" <jloss5ps [at] umw.edu> wrote in message
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> It's been a while since I've posted here (rehab (jk)) so i've been a
> bit remiss about reading the NG. I was wondering if anybody else
> thought that using Burns to play Herod in the Christmass episode was a
> bit anti-semitic. I say this because Burns, an evil old miser with a
> hook nose, sets out to kill Jesus. See the sterotypes? I realize that
> Burns is not Jewish, but Herod was.
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> Probably any anti-semitism was non-intentional, but I thought I might
> as well point it out.
>
Gee, now that you mention it, you're right... Jews ARE evil misers!
Sorry, just kidding. (With mastic spreading his manure, and links to Chick
tracts, you never know when you have to say you're kidding).
I'm sure that you're right that no anti-Semitism was intended , for 2
reasons:
1. Not only was Herod Jewish, but so was Jesus, Mary, Joseph... everybody
but the wise men (presumably). So we are absent the image of the Jew
afflicting non-Jews.
2. Burns is the most WASPish guy in the whole show. (Well... maybe others,
but none spring to mind.)
Anyway, the thought never occurred to me. No more than Milhouse is Jewish
and Skinner Egyptian.
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--R Flowers
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| Re: Burns as Herod [message #197485 ] |
Mi, 04 Januar 2006 16:47 |
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All the Apostles were Jewish, too. And you know who else? Broadway.
Burns is the Yale, Skull and Bones, wasp. Now there's your evil
misers!
Aaron Xpac3 Mvx3vm
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| Re: Burns as Herod [message #201123 ] |
Di, 10 Januar 2006 23:02 |
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<aaronhirshberg [at] yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> All the Apostles were Jewish, too. And you know who else? Broadway.
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Where have you been? The entire steel industry is Jewish.
(Yes, it took me that long to think of it.)
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R Flowers
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| Re: Burns as Herod [message #208188 ] |
Do, 19 Januar 2006 04:14 |
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Hmm... which of the characters /don't/ have hook noses?
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| Re: Burns as Herod [message #208191 ] |
Do, 19 Januar 2006 15:08 |
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"theshibboleth" <dmf1988 [at] gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hmm... which of the characters /don't/ have hook noses?
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I think of most of them having 'button' noses. Of course, Wiggum has a pig's
nose.
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R Flowers
-- Come see alt-politics-simpsons [
http://groups.google.com/group/alt-politics-simpsons ].
-- (It's soooo boring without you)
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| Re: Burns as Herod [message #208193 ] |
Do, 19 Januar 2006 16:06 |
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And did you know that little baby Jesus... grew up to be.. Jesus?
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