the honorable woman

[David Morris]

I guess I am seduced by the style/structure of The Honorable Woman more
than any Verite of its depiction of the real and complex issues of the
story it uses as its raison de etre. As a teen I was a sucker for LeCarre.
  There is also a very sensual side of its filming. It is sophisticated
entertainment IMHO.

David Morris

On Tuesday, July 14, 2015, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:

> Joseph
>
> I highly recommend The Promise made in the UK a few years back. No
> illusions about the present occupation and the civil war in the late 40s.
> would never be made in this country.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Promise_%282011_TV_serial%29
>
> rich
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 2:58 PM, Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','brook7 at sover.net');>> wrote:
>
>> This movie was awful. Saw it months ago. Full of stereotypes and
>> absurdity pushed far past the boundaries of any valuable insight into the
>> struggles in the region. I mean really. The story line was a load of
>> melodramatic shit and constant betrayal designed to push every emotional
>> button but without real sympathy for the people .
>>
>>  If you want to watch something worthwhile there is a documentary about
>> Israeli and Palestinian  parents who have lost children in this conflict
>> and are working for peace.  These are real people.
>>
>> We have young man in our Quaker meeting who is training at Bennington
>> College as a crisis mediator/ombudperson who just returned 4 months ago
>> from the region. He was very evenhanded in his views of the conflict before
>> going and is one of the gentlest and most compassionate people I know. His
>> experience and witness of Israeli laws and treatment of Palestinians, while
>> attempting to be non-judgmental painted a very dark picture of Israeli
>> behavior.  If americans knew this story leavened with the same human
>> sympathy with the lives of Palestinians as is extended to Israel, If the
>> holocaust and accusations of anti-semitism were not thrown at anyone who
>> sees disgraceful behavior in Israeli policies, it is very hard not to
>> believe that we would be closer to peace and justice for all parties.
>>
>> I -
>> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?listpynchon-l
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