Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Jew Suss vs. The Eternal Jew

Even though Jew Suss and the Eternal Jew were both made to belittle the people of the Jewish faith, they went about it in two different ways. As I watched Jew Suss it was amazing how subtle some of the comments towards Jews were made. It was like if you didn't listen close enough to to the conversations you would almost miss the snide remarks that were made. It is so conteracted in terms of The Eternal Jew, because they were so blantent in the ostrasizing of the Jews. Every Jewish person that they showed, was the result of your ideal of an orthodox Jewish person. Even though in Jew Suss from the beginning you are made to see how coniving Suss is, which makes him out to be a bad person. It is interesting how in The Eternal Jew they tell you that Jews are hardly seen doing any useful work and how they choose to be dirty. When in reality at that time they were given no choice.

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