tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post4079166486344405935..comments2024-03-23T12:05:23.537-05:00Comments on The Wild Reed: Hollywood's Bad "Habitual Practice"Michael J. Baylyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03087458490602152648noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post-63129623180258235152010-05-30T14:52:28.452-05:002010-05-30T14:52:28.452-05:00The only Persians I know about are Darius and Xerx...The only Persians I know about are Darius and Xerxes (around the time of the Greco-Persian wars) and I believe the Persians of that time, which is when I think the movie is set(?), were caucasian, if often dark haired and eyed.crystalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05681674503952991492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post-72091696209334718602010-05-29T17:41:18.254-05:002010-05-29T17:41:18.254-05:00And Jake was obviously chosen for a cousinly resem...And Jake was obviously chosen for a cousinly resemblance to the former crown prince of Iran:<br /><br />http://www.royalark.net/Persia/pahlavi-RezaII.jpg<br /><br />Let's not forget Iran replaced Persia by his grandfather during the latter's decision to ape Hitler's emphasis on things Aryan...Liamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post-36689701062256704022010-05-29T07:11:21.070-05:002010-05-29T07:11:21.070-05:00hmmm...just as a point of interest, have you seen ...hmmm...just as a point of interest, have you seen the recent History Channel documentary on "The Real Face of Jesus," documenting the efforts of a team of graphic experts as they use cutting edge 3D software to reconstruct the face on the Shroud of Turin. Final result looks very Jewish. Looks even more Jewish if you compare it to the face of Barrie Schwarz, the Jewish scholar who runs the leading scientific website devoted to study of the Shroud. Barrie has always maintained that the figure on the shroud exhibits many Semetic characteristics, including the hair braid at the back of the neck that was the fashion for Jewish men of the time and which is not found on a single Western painting of the Nazarene Master. I think I'll be skipping Prince of Persia, though I'm grateful that Mr. Gyllenhaul made the fine movie, Rendition.Richard Demmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17116799651068476195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post-19430788817933393702010-05-29T05:50:57.540-05:002010-05-29T05:50:57.540-05:00I thought it was rather lame of them to cast a whi...I thought it was rather lame of them to cast a white guy as a Persian. I found it doubly lame when I saw the trailer and discovered that he's not only a white guy playing a Persian, but a white American playing a Persian with a British accent.PrickliestPearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07606660660913560540noreply@blogger.com