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zombiewhacker
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
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 Posted - 06/27/2009 : 12:53:38 PM
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"The news that Britney Spears may hit the silver screen as the star of a Holocaust-era romantic tragedy has raised eyebrows in Germany. The plot calls for the pop-star to travel back in time to a concentration camp -- and the Central Council of Jews in Germany says the idea is "reprehensible...
"Spears, who is currently in the process of successfully resuscitating her recently languishing music career with her global "Circus" tour, is reportedly reviewing a script for a film tentatively titled "The Yellow Star of Sophia and Eton." The flick would see her playing a character named Sophia LaMont who travels back in time to fall in love with a Jewish concentration camp prisoner named Eton. In a tricky critique of ongoing anti-Semitism, the script concludes with the lovebirds travelling back to the present day before being killed by Nazis....
"Charlotte Knobloch, president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, has said she is horrified at the prospect of Britney making a Holocaust film. "In films that deal with the Holocaust, the script should be carefully chosen and the cast picked with care," Knobloch told the German tabloid Bild. "It is reprehensible to combine the issue of the Holocaust with Britney Spears in an attempt to secure financing for the film 'The Yellow Star of Sophia and Eton.' Ethical considerations should have priority."
[url]http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,632338,00.html#ref=rss[/url] |
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Bobby-G
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
904 Posts |
Posted - 06/27/2009 : 1:19:29 PM
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Has Jerry Lewis signed on to this thing yet?
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Pip
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
333 Posts |
Posted - 06/27/2009 : 4:39:08 PM
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Dibs!
There's no business like Shoah business, apparently.
Pip
"Shout for joy, if you get the chance." - U2 |
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TVsGrady
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
671 Posts |
Posted - 06/27/2009 : 5:37:47 PM
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Words fail me.
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"If you really want to irritate a flaming screaming skull, turn him toward something highly unpleasant, like, say, a Rob Schneider movie. He has no eyelids and no way to turn away. It's fun!"-Michael J. Nelson
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Neville
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Spain
1590 Posts |
Posted - 06/28/2009 : 04:17:49 AM
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And the sad thing is that the whole thing has been done before, if only with a slightly better actress:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0179148/plotsummary
Does it sound Jabootu-worthy? It does for me, last time I checked people were free to ignore their heritage if they wanted to. |
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Cannon Fodder
Preeminent Apostolic Prelate of the Discipleship of Jabootu
Australia
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Posted - 06/29/2009 : 04:31:20 AM
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Originally posted by zombiewhacker
"The news that Britney Spears may hit the silver screen as the star of a Holocaust-era romantic tragedy has raised eyebrows in Germany.
In a tricky critique of ongoing anti-Semitism, the script concludes with the lovebirds travelling back to the present day before being killed by Nazis....
I'm sure it's raised eyebrows in a lot more places than Germany and is critiquing anti-semitism really that tricky? Saying the holocaust is bad is about the comfiest moral stance you can take. |
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Sardu
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
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Posted - 06/29/2009 : 08:08:50 AM
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LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE!!!!!!
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I sleep now!! |
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Neville
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Spain
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Posted - 06/29/2009 : 12:56:20 PM
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| BTW, Paul Schrader's Adam resurrected is already out, and getting pretty good reviews. Looks like Schrader avoided all that was Jabootu-inspired in the movie. |
Edited by - Neville on 06/29/2009 12:57:01 PM |
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