I watched "A Film Unfinished" tonight and definitely would not recommend it to anyone who isn't either Jewish or in possession of a whopping dose of self-loathing. The documentary is comprised of footage from an unreleased Nazi propaganda film that was shot in Warsaw’s Jewish ghetto over a one month period in May 1942, survivors' reaction to the footage and an interview with one of the German officers behind the filming. My notion going in was that it would be an average heartwarming Nazi shit-talker of a film, but it was more of an excruciating-series-of-still-frames-featuring-emaciated-corpses kind of film.
With the aid of a couple glasses of wine to soften the blow of non-Jewish guilt, I’m going to enhance my emotional well being by declaring my support for a Rue Richler. As some of you may have heard, some shit-disturbing city councillors have been stirring the French-Canadian pot in the interest of having a street named after one of Montreal’s most prolific authors, Mordecai Richler. Opponents to the proposition echo Richler’s many critics in their accusations that he was racist and anti-Quebecker, and therefore undeserving of a sign with his name on it. Uh, what about Lionel-Groulx station? What about Henri Bourassa?
Obviously being a racist has not been a barrier to having a public place in one's namesake before – What's stopping us now? If we can have a metro station named after an anti-Semitic Quebec Nationalist, we can have a street named after someone who was tarred and feathered by Quebec Nationalists for making accusations of antisemitism. It's a nice balance.
With the aid of a couple glasses of wine to soften the blow of non-Jewish guilt, I’m going to enhance my emotional well being by declaring my support for a Rue Richler. As some of you may have heard, some shit-disturbing city councillors have been stirring the French-Canadian pot in the interest of having a street named after one of Montreal’s most prolific authors, Mordecai Richler. Opponents to the proposition echo Richler’s many critics in their accusations that he was racist and anti-Quebecker, and therefore undeserving of a sign with his name on it. Uh, what about Lionel-Groulx station? What about Henri Bourassa?
Obviously being a racist has not been a barrier to having a public place in one's namesake before – What's stopping us now? If we can have a metro station named after an anti-Semitic Quebec Nationalist, we can have a street named after someone who was tarred and feathered by Quebec Nationalists for making accusations of antisemitism. It's a nice balance.
