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Well, The Nativity Story film will be nothing if not novel.  First of all, there are not, to my knowledge, that many films dedicated principally to the story of the Nativity all by itself.  It might be interesting to ask why that is, especially given the greater American enthusiasm for Christmas.  It will be the first time, I am […]

Well, The Nativity Story film will be nothing if not novel.  First of all, there are not, to my knowledge, that many films dedicated principally to the story of the Nativity all by itself.  It might be interesting to ask why that is, especially given the greater American enthusiasm for Christmas.  It will be the first time, I am willing to bet, that a half-Maori actress (Keisha Castle-Hughes) plays the Theotokos.  The trailer gives the feeling of being in the Levant and already seems to succeed in creating the atmosphere of the period, which was one of The Passion‘s strengths–of course, a trailer is not an entire film.  

If their accented English reminds Ross of Sayid from Lost, it is probably not promising for the movie’s success that the woman who plays Elizabeth is Shohreh Aghdashloo, best known to contemporary audiences as the character Dina Araz, the terrorist mother who turns on the conspiracy to save her son, from season 4 of 24.  Aghdashloo is an outstanding actress as far as I am concerned, but the association may be a bit much for an audience trying to see the mother of St. John the Baptist in her.  But as Ari from Entourage would say at this point, “They’re actors.  That’s what they do–they pretend.”  So here’s hoping that she is a good enough actress to make me forget that her last character wanted to nuke the U.S.

Update: I had entirely forgotten that she had a small role in the third X-Men.  If only I could forget the rest of that movie.

Reckless Nativity Story prediction: the ADL and associated friends will not castigate this movie as anti-Semitic and seek to drive it into the ground, in spite of portrayals of Jews such as Herod that might give people a bad impression.  Mocking the Passion Gospels is one thing for such people–attacking the True Meaning of Christmas would probably be a hysterical bridge too far.

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