Fringe

Lee Berman · 04 Apr 2012, 14:22 · from 2012-April.txt.gz

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From: severiansola at hotmail.com (Lee Berman)
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2012 10:22:33 -0400
Subject: (urth) Fringe
Message-ID: <SNT123-W128B28F44175F7633B4F4DCF320 at phx.gbl>

>At least one was Jewish. Another was Catholic. I don't think Abrams is 
>Jewish. Anyway, what difference would it make?

Abrams is jewish, as his name strongly suggests. I was going for the 
three credited with originating the series, Abrams, Lindelof and Lieber, 
all jewish as far as I can tell. Who is Catholic?  Carlton Cuse? He was
an important writer but not one of the creators.

Anyway, we might hope it wouldn't make a difference but I think it does.
For whatever reason, one of the smallest nations in the world in size and
population gets an extraordinarily disproportionate amount of attention in
the global media and among billions of religious-minded people on earth.

As some here suggest that Gene Wolfe is speaking in a code which can be
understood by an audience attuned to Catholic and mythological elements,
so Jewish writers might use a similar code. Not naming Jacob's brother in
the show automatically brings the name Esau to mind for those familiar with
the OT. That fraternal conflict (and the associated Isaac/Ishmael schism)
represents the Biblical rift between Hebrews and Arabs, Jews and Muslims.
And I think jewish writers might be more likely to present that conflict as
tied to some primal power at the roots of the earth (or whatever that
underground glowing cave was supposed to be).

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