After The Passion
You’ve seen The Passion of The Christ so many times now you can sing along to all the songs, and you’re tired of your crucifixion nail, and even the drawing-and-quartering scene in Passion: The Prequel (also known as Braveheart) fails to set you aquiver. What to do? Fortunately, The Forward has a few ideas: How about a documentary by a young hasidic […]
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You’ve seen The Passion of The Christ so many times now you can sing along to all the songs, and you’re tired of your crucifixion nail, and even the drawing-and-quartering scene in Passion: The Prequel (also known as Braveheart) fails to set you aquiver. What to do? Fortunately, The Forward has a few ideas: How about a documentary by a young hasidic woman who leaves the fold to chase a couch halfway around the world? She finds it (sort of), brings it back to New York and plops all her ex-hasidic friends down on it for interviews. The movie is Divan, by Pearl Gluck, and Michael Bronski tells you why you should track it down.
Too hum-drum? Max Gross recommends J.T. Waldman‘s “180-page graphic novel [about] an orphan… taken to a brothel. She meets an alcoholic, lecherous king. He succumbs to her charms and makes her his queen. She uncovers a murderous plot to kill thousands of her people and — through her wits — saves the day.”
That’s right — the biblical Esther makes her debut on the funny pages. Unroll the scroll here.