Wednesday, June 01, 2005
What's a little blood libel among friends?
Clearly Middle Eastern soap operas have something that our American shows sorely lack: blood libel.
Charles Johnson at Little Green Footballs links to a transcript from a Jordanian soap opera called "Stories from before the verses came down." I'll let Charles describe the plot:
Then again, what's the big deal. It's not as though this vile piece of garbage is believed by a significant portion of its audience, right?
Charles Johnson at Little Green Footballs links to a transcript from a Jordanian soap opera called "Stories from before the verses came down." I'll let Charles describe the plot:
Today’s episode is a freakish blend of voodoo and antisemitism, along with a bit of classic blood libel, as the evil Jewish sorcerers (wearing gigantic Star of David medallions and laughing maniacally, to help identify them) conspire to get rid of the upstart Muhammad by stealing some of his hair with the help of a Jewish servant boy, making a voodoo doll out of dough (we never see the doll because representations of Muhammad are forbidden), and piercing it with eleven needles.Well, at least CBS has a show to replace "Everybody Loves Raymond" this fall.
Yes, really.
Then again, what's the big deal. It's not as though this vile piece of garbage is believed by a significant portion of its audience, right?
# posted by Paul Zummo : 3:33 PM
