> Behalf Of Alberto Monteiro
>
> Imagine a TV series whose major character is a _Crusader_, that
> goes to Palestina with his heart full of anger, willing to kill every
> desecrator of the Christian holy places. When he arrives there,
> he is captured, and learns the peaceful and civilized ways of Islam.
> I imagine that any kid with IQ above 10 will see the parallel of this.
> The series may even be targeted towards humour, making fun of
> the XIII century european, while, at the same time, showing that
> he was "evil" just because of ignorance.
>
I've seen that film!!!
It's an Egyptian film about Richard Lionheart and Saladin. Late 60s or early
70s I think, it's been shown a couple of times here on SBS, our
multicultural TV network. About the only Egyptian film I've ever seen that
had no belly dancing moment.
Not surprisingly, the Crusaders were not shown terribly sympathetically, at
least, not in general.
Somehow, though, Richard Lionheart still seems to be seen as chivalric in
the Arab world, in the same way we see Saladin. Regardless of how bloody
they actually were.
Terry Jones' TV series "Crusade" actually does a very good job of pointing
out which combatants were the "goodies" and which were the bloodthirsty
savages.
Brett
