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Monday, January 02, 2006 

Another interesting thought regarding Munich

(Note: see update below) There's still more that can be said about Steven Spielberg's Munich monstrosity, and Frimet Roth, whose daughter was murdered in a terrorist bombing at a resturant in Jerusalem, has written another interesting essay on the subject at the Malki Foundation (Hat tip: One Jerusalem).

As Mrs. Roth says, it's a real shame that Ilana Morano, the widow of one of the murdered athletes in Munich, has apparently been taken in by the nadir of Spielberg's career as a filmmaker. Mainly because this has done little more than to give Spielberg something to exploit for publicity. As Mrs. Roth says:
I have heard and read Mrs. Romano's reactions to the film repeatedly. Spielberg is not about to waste this golden PR coup. He is parading it everywhere.
Sadly so. Worst of all, what he's doing is to exploit the statement of the relative of a victim, and someone who's a victim of a heinous crime as well, to say nothing of other people's misfortunes and tragedies. And in doing so, Spielberg has proven himself no human being, let alone a filmmaker.

And the fact that Spielberg may not have ever consulted with any other victims of terror, which is quite possible to do, by turning to sources like Victims of Arab Terror, for example, just serves to put his sincerity ever more under a question mark. Oh, did I mention that I also question Spielberg's patriotism?

Also of note:
...even more infuriating than this film's treatment of Israel and its plight is Spielberg's careful dodge of any personal accountability. This is not a documentary, he insists, but fiction "inspired by real events." Come on, do we look that dumb? Obviously the film will impact like a documentary and Spielberg wouldn't have it any other way.
And if Spielberg and his gang did indeed intend for the film to be written as a just a fictionalized account, instead of the real thing, then that just serves to nail it into the coffin even more.

To Spielberg, I have this to say: you don't represent my race nor my country. You are but a sellout to moneymaking, and exploiting someone else's tragedy on which to make money. As of this writing, I have not even heard about whether or not the money made on the movie will go to charity for victims of terrorism, one more reason why I question your sincerity. And it's not just the tragedies of Israelis you've exploited, but that of Americans, Europeans, Australians, and many other countries and races whose lives have been torn apart by terrorism as well. And if that is what you're going to do, then I have but three words to say to you: stop making movies. Period. I will not shell out my precious dollars and shekels on anything you make anymore. Neither you, nor your co-founders at Dreamworks SKG, deserve my dough. And if, as the knee-jerk NY Times says, your company's been suffering recently from lack of success, and may have to be sold off, good, you are asking for it. You have no genuine sense of selflessness, and are now but an anomaly and an anachronism. Kindly take your publicity machine and deactivate it.

Here's the Israel Insider page for Mrs. Roth's article as well.

And while we're on the subject of Spielberg, Debbie Schlussel talks about an old episode of South Park she saw recently, in which Trey Parker and Matt Stone parodied Spielberg, and wrote him saying this:
"We are just passing through history. This [my movies] is improved history."
Whoa, now that's really nailing the situation surrounding Spielberg perfectly!

Update: it turns out that the ultra-PC AP Wire distorted the widows' "endorsement", as the American Thinker discovers (Hat tip: IRIS Blog). No surprise there, really. The AP is but the worst of the worst of the MSM. Nevertheless, Spielberg is still to be held accountable for exploiting another source's own act of exploitation, and using it solely to advance his own self-important goals.

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