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07 Feb 2012 By
Keith Johnson Amid all the hype and hysteria over the so-called
"radical" and "violent" roots of Islam and its prophet
Mohammed, Steven Spielberg is set to direct,"Gods and
Kings," a biopic based on the Old Testament's most
beloved homicidal maniac. According to the National Ledger, "The movie will
see Moses presented as ‘the warrior of all warriors'
and will follow him from birth to death." The article goes on to say, "[It's] a movie like a
Braveheart-ish version of the Moses story – him coming
down the river, being adopted, leaving his home,
forming an army and getting the Ten Commandments." It will be interesting to see how Spielberg spins
this one. If he stays true to the first five books of
the Old Testament (otherwise known as the Torah), we
should expect to see the "chosen ones" doing what they
did best: stealing land, razing cities, taking women
and children as slaves, looting, raping, pillaging—and
lest I forget—the wholesale slaughter of innocent men,
women, children, cattle, sheep, donkeys, and anything
else that had a pulse. Gee, I wonder if any of these lines will make their
way into the script: Exodus 15:14 The people shall
hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the
inhabitants of Palestine. I'm sure Spielberg will work his movie magic in convincing us all that these Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites all had it coming, and that Moses was simply taking orders from the man up stairs. Oh, and let's not forget the casting. Expect to see the Arabs portrayed as dirty, dark-skinned, wide-nosed psychotics with bloodshot eyes. Of course the Israelites will have Caucasian features and swimmers physiques with a light coat of perspiration that glistens off the stage lighting as their slow motion swords slice the heads off their enemies. HMMMM…I see a vision: Brad Pitt: "Behold his mighty hand!"
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