UNFINISHED, ROUGH
by
Jon Dunmore ©
First major studio film to use the word “jew”
The jews who owned the studio didn’t want to make it because they didn’t want to call attention to themselves as really running the industry.!
At the exec lunch, one of the execs speaks out against The topic – don’t bring it up and cause waves. To which the editor replies sarcastically,:
PRETEND IT DOESNT EXIST AND ADD TO THE CONSPRIACY OF SILENCE.
The actual execs at the studio underwent something of this attitude in deciding on whether to do it – a genetlemen’s agreement of their own
Peck wandering around in his short tie shoving the workd Jewnd christian in everyone's faces - in the end he shows everyone all the different masks of anti-semitism - even ignoring it and letting other people off the hook when they display it around you.
shows how everyone has this inculcated concept "that being a chrsitian is so much superior than being a jew." It's all ridiculous anyway - because being a christian is AS STUPID AS being a jew. youboth believe in fantasies as if they were realities.
they use the word "restricted" no one talks abuot it no one says it out loud - that's the gentlemen's agreement.
Taken in historical context –
House un-American committee came down on film
Many of the filmmakers were called before the committee
dorothy Macguire's gutless - takes long time to understand -
son is harassed at school - SHE wants to turn to the simplicity of "it's not real so we can fall back on our chrisitaniyy.
hisd message is you can't just fall back - you have to fight it even if you arent' jewish.
Peck called this movie : “Entertainment with an idea behind it”
don't understnd why he doesn't go ou t wiht the blond - she's completely open-minded, totally fun, looks like she'd take hthree guys up the backdoor if you cajoled here enough and plied her with enough vodka, and she even makes a beautiful, sensual, loving pass at him. FOOL! Why didn't he drop that other meadering jew-hater. ??? and sh'es got such fortitutde as well - she hates hypocrites and proves it- she is powerful - he should grab her and never let her go. she's honest - telling him about the wimpiness of Kathy.
Like The Defiant Ones, Like Paths of glory.
Social commentary
Girlfriend doens understand that you can’t just disapprove – you have to fight each instance. And it can’t be from the stonrg point of view , making out as if it’s better to be a chrisitian – cos that is anti semitiism itself.
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