It took a lot of liberties with the story as it is in the Bible, just as the "Ten Commandments" epic did. (For example, the queen candidates who spend a night with the king entertain him by telling him stories, a la Scheherezade). When I saw it, the audience seemed virtually all non-Jewish; at the victorious final scene - victorious for the Jews - the audience burst into applause. That was great. And two other people I know who saw it, at different showings, said the same thing happened!
The only "Christian" touch that I saw - that most would perhaps not detect - was a line where Esther says she loves the story of David and Goliath because it was his "faith" not his deed that saved the day. Something like that. Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
