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Hollywood’s new title for Islam

Posted 20 Mar 2006 in Islam, personal

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Just a little quickie for now, as I’m stuck in the midst of way too much work and haven’t had enough time to read up on current events today.

Last night, I was watching the movie Flightplan with traci. IMDB describes it as:

“A claustrophobic, Hitchcockian thriller. A bereaved woman and her daughter are flying home from Berlin to America. At 30,000 feet the child vanishes and nobody admits she was ever on that plane.”

Interesting premise, to be sure. And Foster is an actress talented enough to pull off most parts. As things start to get a little hectic in the movie, we’re all beginning to wonder “ok, if the daughter is missing, just where the hell IS she? And why would someone wanna steal her?” At that point, Hollywood did its best to point the finger of racism/prejudice/intolerance/pick-your-PC-insult at its American audiences.

To wit…

While Jodie Foster is frantically searching the plane to find her missing daughter, she comes across three Arabic men who are fellow passengers. And of course, she and others on the plane become immediately suspicious of them. Because the situation is compounded by a lot of shifty-eyed glances back and forth between the aforementioned Arabic gents, heightened by “villain music” to set the hook in case you hadn’t already mistrusted them from the start. And then they have one of the Arabic dudes actually fight with the hysterical Foster and knock her out. Just to make sure you REALLY don’t like him.

*semi-spoiler alert*

Before the end of the movie, we find out that the Arabic dudes had nothing to do with the kidnapping. Well duh. But it’s not enough to leave it at that and the fact that the bad guy gets his comeuppance. Nope. At the very end, when the quiet music is playing and the credits are about to roll, and Jodie Foster is gently placing her daughter into a car to go home, the main Arabic dude walks over, picks up her purse and hands it to her. As if to say, “Tsk, tsk, you judgemental Americans. You though Abdul here would be the bad guy. But see? He’s all nice and everything. So go home and feel bad for mistrusting Muslims.” And with that, traci discovered Hollywood’s new take on Islam:

“Aw! Look, honey, it’s the Religion of Purse.” (insert sound of rimshot here)

Posted by FullMetalPatriot
12th gen. American, Constitutionalist, Harley-riding Texan, gun owner & NRA member, blogger, illustrator, Florida Gator alumnus. #TCOT

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