I remember in "Religious Education" [sic] lessons
at school I had a miserable time of it. This
was mainly because of the lack of art, science
and fun in the teachings of a wild-eyed woman
who believed without questioning the material
she blurted to us was absolutely true.
The Prince of Egypt relentlessly
reminded me of those pious lessons except for
one detail: the producers fiddled with the story
to make it more acceptable to those who don't
subscribe to the Old Testament. Why bother?
The story gets watered down and loses what precious
little credibility it has. The wacky world of
the OT requires blind faith to believe it and
if you know the film makers have tampered with
the story then even even blind faith crumbles
into dust.
Oh dear, things are getting terribly confused.
But I wouldn't care less except The Prince
of Egypt is as dull as dishwater. And
with such an interesting story it must have
taken much tact for other culture's feelings
to turn twisted Old Testament craziness into
safe and humourless tedium. Yawn.
The "Hebrew" Jews, ruled by Moses, appear to
have been cynically exploited by the ethically
suspect "Hollywood" Jews, ruled by Katzenberg
and his ilk. No miracle seems to have saved
the "Hebrew" Jews from being the unwitting subjects
of a cold, commercial cartoon inspired by money-grubbing
"Hollywood" producers rather than
faithful loyalty to the Old Book. Irony anyone?
The saddest fact of all is that The Prince
of Egypt is about as much fun as a pious
lifestyle.
The
Hebrews question whether walking through the
parted Red Sea is really a wise thing to do
after all. SPLASH! God sneezed. All are drowned.
The End.
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