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Post by 4EverAdam on Dec 21, 2016 16:24:11 GMT -5
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Post by 4EverAdam on Dec 21, 2016 16:31:22 GMT -5
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Post by bamafan on Dec 21, 2016 16:35:24 GMT -5
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Post by loxie on Dec 21, 2016 16:40:36 GMT -5
I never heard that before and my son-in-law was Jewish as are few of my friends. I'm sure that, like us, she had never seen that reference. From www.thephora.net/forum/showthread.php?t=76891"GreyGoose asks: “Why did I learn as a kid that Jews have horns? And actually, do they, in some cases?” Quote: Well, GreyGoose, Jews don’t have horns. The misconception comes from Michelangelo’s 16th century classic statue of Moses, which does portray the Lawgiver as having horns. The reason the sculptor made the honest mistake is because of the Hebrew word that appears in Exodus, the word for “rays.” When Moses came down from Mt. Horeb, after encountering God in the Burning Bush, he was seen by his kin as having rays of light emerging around his head—he had encountered the Almighty. The Hebrew word for a ray, or “sun on his skin” is qaran. Unfortunately, this is also a word for “horn.” In religious iconography, there are standardized symbols to depict holiness in figures, haloes, rays, flames, and, sadly, those little horns on Moses’s head that Michelangelo added for saintly effect. It’s hard, however, to rationalize the relentless libel on Jewish physicality and appearance that has taken off all these centuries as a result of this artistic gaffe. I recall a kindly older Jewish gentleman I used to visit back in the mid-1970s, when I was a student-rabbi in southeastern Ohio. Max Klein maintained an immaculate general goods store in a river town called Manchester. He came to the United States from Vienna in 1938, following the pogrom of Kristellnacht, “The Night of the Broken Glass.” His family’s clothing store was shattered and his sister was taken out, raped, eyes gauged out, and brutally beaten to death. After serving me iced tea in the backyard, under maple trees, Max told me quietly that he was routinely visited by folks in town, curious enough about the one Jewish store that they nonetheless patronized, but not without asking the patient old survivor: “Hey, Max, can we see your horns?” So, GreyGoose, I really don’t think people ask about the horns on Jews (dangerously associated with the devil’s features, incidentally) because they are students of classic sculpture. They ask because someone even more ignorant than them already passed along this slander. And that is why dreadful things eventually happened in Berlin, Bosnia, Mumbai, Gaza, and Birmingham, Ala. " To this day, sadly, someone growing up in a rural area/small town where there are no Jews may have heard this and believe it to be true. I think it may be more prevalent in Europe where anti-semitism is more blatant (although our current political climate seems to be liberating bigotry and hatred). People of Adam's grandparents generation grew up hearing anti-semitic slurs or seeing cartoon drawings during the Holocaust and McCarthy years, but most younger people growing up in large metropolitan areas in the United States are totally unaware of the connotation.
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Post by LindaG23 on Dec 21, 2016 16:52:39 GMT -5
The story goes: A handsome virile accomplished screen actor from LA (Adam) decides that it would improve his craft to study kabuki in Japan so that he can transition to musical theatre in NYC. A young actor (whose game is new) comes from a small village in Japan to also study kabuki and falls in love with Adam, but it is not fated to be. However the young actor's experience lends a tragic aura to his acting and he becomes a great kabuki actor, while the handsome American returns to NYC and totally crushes the rock opera written just for him which earns him a EGOT. Sort of a 'A Star is Born' meets 'Madame Butterfly' What do you think, should I send it to someone? Any good plot twists to show off Adam more? I'd certainly pay to see that. Great story! I think Adam would look great in kabuki make-up and clothes. OK, Adam looks great in almost everything
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Post by LindaG23 on Dec 21, 2016 16:54:19 GMT -5
The story goes: A handsome virile accomplished screen actor from LA (Adam) decides that it would improve his craft to study kabuki in Japan so that he can transition to musical theatre in NYC. A young actor (whose game is new) comes from a small village in Japan to also study kabuki and falls in love with Adam, but it is not fated to be. However the young actor's experience lends a tragic aura to his acting and he becomes a great kabuki actor, while the handsome American returns to NYC and totally crushes the rock opera written just for him which earns him a EGOT. Sort of a 'A Star is Born' meets 'Madame Butterfly' What do you think, should I send it to someone? Any good plot twists to show off Adam more? And don't forget that males play the female roles in kabuki theatre, so that young actor might play a beautiful girl. That will get people commenting! That's true! It just gets better and better
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Post by skaschep on Dec 21, 2016 17:03:35 GMT -5
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Post by skaschep on Dec 21, 2016 17:05:34 GMT -5
Coma found some pictures on FB: coma berenices @_coma_berenices nov 21, 2016 Scott McBain fb
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Post by skaschep on Dec 21, 2016 17:06:35 GMT -5
coma berenices @_coma_berenices sept 29, 2015 Macarena Paz Catán Rojas fb
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Post by skaschep on Dec 21, 2016 17:07:46 GMT -5
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