tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post114115672985356077..comments2024-03-02T03:29:09.759-05:00Comments on SerandEz and Friends: Jewish Film, Jewish History, and...Barbie?Ezziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12494592434522239195noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-1141198479014663262006-03-01T02:34:00.000-05:002006-03-01T02:34:00.000-05:00Xvi - thanks. I actually liked the Barbie (and Han...Xvi - thanks. I actually liked the Barbie (and Handler) tie-in; it added humor and imagery.<BR/><BR/>CM - :( No Barbie?!Ezziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494592434522239195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-1141196406057873892006-03-01T02:00:00.000-05:002006-03-01T02:00:00.000-05:00Nope, no Barbie's, although I seem to remember get...Nope, no Barbie's, although I seem to remember getting some toys. But that was over 40 years ago, so who can really remember!cruisin-momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16640061323519954002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-1141185679651204612006-02-28T23:01:00.000-05:002006-02-28T23:01:00.000-05:00great link, my wife and I just watched it.great link, my wife and I just watched it.Post-Denom Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13961559293458440725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-1141182477267855572006-02-28T22:07:00.000-05:002006-02-28T22:07:00.000-05:00CM - Very cool! (Did they hand out Barbie dolls at...CM - Very cool! (Did they hand out Barbie dolls at the end? :) )<BR/><BR/>Sarah - Spoken like a true photographer. I liked the mix of funny and serious and the different styles of video and imaging as well, though I likely didn't appreciate the imagery as much as you did.<BR/><BR/>And a Rosh Chodesh Sameach to all!Ezziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494592434522239195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-1141176132805648912006-02-28T20:22:00.001-05:002006-02-28T20:22:00.001-05:00Good film Ezzie, thanks for the link. My father wa...Good film Ezzie, thanks for the link. My father was a very good friend of the Handler's and their children went to our day camp we owned way back in the 60's. When I was a kid we went on several tours of Mattel toy factory.cruisin-momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16640061323519954002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-1141176126307912472006-02-28T20:22:00.000-05:002006-02-28T20:22:00.000-05:00very well done film. very clever and clearly well ...very well done film. very clever and clearly well researched. funny but powerful and i think totally reflecting western jewish society today.<BR/>who would have thought barbie could teach us so much!<BR/>i really liked the montage effect of the collection of various images used (graphs, old film, historical images, barbie/ken characters) and the powerful images and effects that worked so well with the words of the narrator.<BR/>it is very thought provoking and it would be interesting to hear the reactions of Jews from a variety of our 'sub tribes'!<BR/>great film.<BR/>rosh chodesh sameach :)Sarah Likes Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15055831838215589183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-1141159633532814782006-02-28T15:47:00.000-05:002006-02-28T15:47:00.000-05:00Yes - there were a few other powerful images as we...Yes - there were a few other powerful images as well; the slowdown as the persecutions became more recent was powerful as well, and the running everything backwards through the woman's rant was excellent. I didn't like the sound of her rant; though her words were excellent, it was too film/rap style cliche for me.<BR/><BR/>Overall, very smart, very funny, very well-made, and powerful to me.Ezziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494592434522239195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-1141158836759597272006-02-28T15:33:00.000-05:002006-02-28T15:33:00.000-05:00Well, besides the part of them describing the diff...Well, besides the part of them describing the different "sub-tribes" of religious Jews (very funny), the part that mostly stuck with me was when half of the "circle," which represents the Jewish people on the graph, disapears after they mention the holocaust. Simple, yet powerfulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com