1/ Happy #PiDay aka Einstein's birthday (see below).
Serendipitously, we watched IQ (1994) last night
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I.Q._(fil…
I have mixed feelings about the film. On one side, I saw it being made as a junior, so that was cool.
Serendipitously, we watched IQ (1994) last night
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I.Q._(fil…
I have mixed feelings about the film. On one side, I saw it being made as a junior, so that was cool.
https://twitter.com/BeschlossDC/status/1370709975509692416?s=20
2/ OTOH, there were 3 major movie sins:
(1) the writers turned the most famous Jewish refugee from N*zi Germany into an uncle of a blond WASP
(2) IRL, Einstein didn't treat women very well at all, yet the movie makes him a romantic softie.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Ei…
(1) the writers turned the most famous Jewish refugee from N*zi Germany into an uncle of a blond WASP
(2) IRL, Einstein didn't treat women very well at all, yet the movie makes him a romantic softie.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Ei…
3/ More subtly (3) the writers have Einstein validate the standard American-Hollywood anti-intellectual creed that blue-collar mechanics are 'real' & 'authentic' while intellectuals aren't.
I do accept their depiction of 1950s social science. theonion.com/report-majorit…
I do accept their depiction of 1950s social science. theonion.com/report-majorit…
4/ However, I'm OK with it all b/c it's so cartoonish/exaggerated, so radically different from reality, that it transforms Einstein from person to superhero & myth. This happens with Lincoln and other mythic historical figures.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_L…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_L…
5/ Yet the movie earns a Cypess PG Rating which means I must instruct the viewer (usually my kids, but also anyone in the room if they're watching it when I walk in) about my issues. Especially the WASP thing.
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