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From the Horse’s Mouth: How Jewish is Hollywood?

This is an interesting piece of historical journalism from 2008 when a Jewish journalist named Joel Stein decided to write a polemical article proving how Jewish Hollywood is. He wanted to do it out of pride in the accomplishment of his ethno-religious group and to use it as a boast. However, in the process ofContinue reading “From the Horse’s Mouth: How Jewish is Hollywood?”

Wanna be a Member? Escoteric Encoding in Cinema is Nothing New

This clip is from almost 100 years ago in the early decades of cinema. As a fun exercise, which will be easy considering that most of the symbolism is primarily visual, try to spot all the esoteric encoding being done here: Here is a short list: 1* Definitely a lot of homoeroticism in there withContinue reading “Wanna be a Member? Escoteric Encoding in Cinema is Nothing New”