Graham ([info]tao_) wrote,
@ 2007-01-19 14:35:00
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Schindler? That twat.
I love this....today's Independent, from the article Chirac honours the village that saved Jews from Nazis.

"It is estimated that 3,000 Jews were saved by the people of
Chambon-sur-Lignon, compared to the 1,200 rescued by Oskar Schindler,
the Austrian businessman celebrated in the 1993 movie Schindler's List."

I was unaware that Schindler and the Chambon-sur-Lignon villagers were involved in a competition to see who could rescue the most Jews. Oh, they weren't? THEN WHAT IS THE POINT OF THIS COMPARISON?

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[info]proctologiste
2007-01-19 02:41 pm UTC (link)
As long as we're comparing who has the biggest Jew rescuin' under their belt, Raoul Wallenberg saved as many as 100,000 Jews! Chew on that Chambon-sur-Lignon!

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"Where's our movie?"
[info]swayworn
2007-01-19 04:03 pm UTC (link)
I'm imagining a yearly showing of Schindler's List at the village cinema. All the villagers come to mock it, Rocky Horror Picture Show -style.

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[info]joy_disaster
2007-01-19 05:47 pm UTC (link)
I think my grandmother could have written that. She is the reigning queen of useless comparisons: "why can't you be an early riser like the girl who works at my niece's coffee shop?"

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As a matter of fact...
(Anonymous)
2007-01-19 06:00 pm UTC (link)
...Spielberg was well aware of Schindler's second-rate attempt at Jew-saving when he set about pre-production on his Oscar-heavy masterpiece. Fortunately for Misters Spielberg and Schindler the title 'Chambon-sur-Lignon's open-armed humanity to a persecuted minority' wasn't deemed punchy enough by Universal Pictures' marketing department. The rest, as they say, is a fictionalised portrayal of history.

Jasper Goodballoon
goodballoon.blogspot.com

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[info]whateverthat
2007-01-20 01:14 am UTC (link)
Schindler's List 2, duh

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