Bacon & God's Wrath (2015)

Several years ago, I tried to corrupt a Jehovah's Witness. She was in her 20s. I urged her to sneak out of her parents' house and register to vote. She didn't listen to me. I thought it must be nice being able to engage in a perfectly ordinary activity and feel that you've done something wildly sinful.

Watching a nine minute documentary on Fandor about Razie, a 90-year-old Jewish woman about to eat bacon for the first time.

The movie is an interview with Razie, illustrated with video, drawings and animation. She had been watching YouTube videos of Christopher Hitchens and it turned her atheist. I never really liked bacon but---I'm giving away the ending here---she thought it was "perfectly okay".

By the way, there's a YouTube video of Slavoj Žižek talking about the difference between faith and fundamentalism. He said that Anne Frank's statement, "...I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart," was a statement of faith. She acknowledged that she was going against all evidence. If you disagreed, she couldn't very well attack you for it since you would have facts on your side. Fundamentalists, on the other hand, simply deny there is any evidence against their views.

Razie had come to take Hitchens' view that all faith was like believing in the tooth fairy.

It seems like there's a trend now---the Jewish religion is being presented as less innocuous than it has in the past. Hassidic Jews are no longer portrayed as urban Amish. There was a movie, Holy Rollers, about Hassidic drug smugglers and Fading Gigolo with Woody Allen being targeted by armed Hassidic enforcers. Contrast that with a movie like A Stranger Among Us or old episodes of Barney Miller.

In this movie, Razie tells the story of how the rabbi rallied a mob against her grandmother and her grandmother's twin sister who had been seen doing something they weren't supposed to. The only way to calm the rabbi down was for the twin sister to be punished. Razie wouldn't say how, but an animation shows her tongue being cut out. The rabbi was later arrested for selling guns.

A film by Sol Freidman.

Fat, 2013

When I was a kid, I saw something on TV. They were talking about the warning signs of compulsive eating. I just googled it. The warning signs are different now and make a lot more sense. But back then, it was, "Do you eat one meal planning the next?" Well, yeah. Sure I did. It just seemed like common sense. But because of that, I walked around thinking I was a compulsive eater. Now the warning signs are binge eating, eating huge amounts when you're not hungry, inducing vomiting---stuff that's clearly abnormal.

I watched the 2013 film Fat. Mel Rodriquez plays Ken who is pleasant most of the time. But he's addicted to food. He's a physical wreck. We see all the meds he takes. He has a Sleep Apnea mask, takes blood pressure medication and medication for gout. His health gets worse as it goes on. His friend tells him he's starting to smell. He's fired from his job for lousy work ethic, watching porn on his computer and leering at female co-workers, although I'm not sure those things are weight-related. He's stalking an ex-girlfriend and has hacked into her email.

He hits on women and turns nasty when one says she has a boyfriend and he's insulted when his friend wants to introduce him to an overweight woman friend.

Written and directed by Mark Phinney based on his own experiences but I don't know how autobiographical it is.

Surprising amount of nudity considering. Reportedly filmed in Boston but I couldn't tell.

Available on Fandor.

A critical review

There's a short film on Fandor called "Who is on First". It has 3 stars out of 5. Made in 2005, produced by Nathan Zellner and directed by his brother David. 5 minutes long. Apparently available on YouTube as well.

Two people sitting in chairs for some reason in front of walls lined with baseball cards go through that terrible Abbott and Costello routine. Yes, I know. It's "classic". But it was stupid and contrived, people named "Who", "What" and "I Don't Know". If they were named Hu and Watt it would make sense, but why would a person be named "I Don't Know"?

Sesame Street made better use of that gag. Someone keeps telling Grover that he's looking at the letter "Y" but he thinks she's saying "Why".

The movie was done with Dragnet editing, cutting to a close-up of who ever's speaking. And it was done with Dragnet acting, where the actors read their lines neutrally.

But the editing wasn't fast enough. The movie just wasn't very good. If they had at least been standing or had some reason to be having this conversation in the first place it might have been better.

I always liked Dragnet. It made me feel like even I could be an actor. Just stand still and read your cue cards as fast as you can.

And movies like this are what intrigued me about film to begin with---that you can put very little effort into a very short film and it would be considered a major achievement. I read about a guy who became a major figure in art film by making a 30 to 90 second Super 8 film every year. Then I read about "one shot" art films----films shot in a single take. One guy pointed his camera across a highway. It was a sound movie, and it wasn't stereo, so there was suspense because you would hear a car approaching but you didn't know if it was coming from the left or right. Another film was a two minute shot of a rotating beer sign with a nature scene.

"Who is on First" starred Anthony Holsome and Se Young Min.

Maybe I shouldn't attack Anthony Weiner

There's really not much point in attacking a guy who EVERYONE is already attacking, although I am about the only one who keeps pointing out the unrelated fact that he's a Zionist. I think I'm seething with less hatred than others. I haven't speculated on what indignities await him in prison but I think I'd be more amused than other people if he turned fugitive.

Really though! Blubbing in court! Is two years really that bad? Palestinian children are treated far worse every day.



Republicans attack him as a typical Democrat and Democrats blame him for Trump's election. The FBI found Clinton's emails all over Weiner's laptop while investigating his sex crimes.

The girl he was sexting was trying to write a book about him. I'm not sure a book by a fifteen-year-old would have much chance, but you can self-publish anything now. I'd probably buy it on Kindle if she made it available.

In fact, since they're not publishing her name, anyone could write a book claiming to be a teenage girl who sexted with Weiner. When it's exposed as a hoax, just say it was satire.

A lot of convicts pass the time by writing. This would be a good chance for Weiner to write a self-pitying yet steamy sext memoir. His political career is over. He can't get a teaching job. He's not a lawyer like other Congressmen---his now-worthless degree was in Political Science. He had reportedly been looking for work in the restaurant business and I guess someone might hire him even though he'll be a registered sex offender when he gets out. Maybe writing books on sexting would be a good career for him. How-to books are always big.

Start with a sexting book. Then a memoir about sexting rehab. Then a book about sexting relapse and more sexting. Later, he could write a thriller about a handsome young congressman who uses his sexting prowess to thwart a terror plot on Capitol Hill.

Weiner sentenced to 21 months

 
Sinewy Zionist pedophile Anthony Weiner blubbed in court, sitting with his face in his hands, as he was sentenced to a modest 21 months in prison for sending obscene material to an innocent young shiksa. The girl had reported him when she found out he was two-timing her, also sexting a grown woman.

Weiner's lawyer argued that he should get probation because it was sexting he was into, not underage girls.

He has until November 6th to turn himself in, so he can still make a run for it if he wants.

I'm hoping he gets his fellow Zionist sex offender and Sharknado "actor" Jared Fogle as a cellmate.

Weiner either trying to cry or trying not to cry or maybe trying to look intelligent as he walks into court.

A psychiatric report on Martin Shkreli?

Someone requested a psychiatric report on Martin Shkreli as he sits in jail. No word on who requested it or whether they're going to do it.

One of the witnesses in the trial said that he had been depressed, but that was because his hedge fund fell apart and he found he owed Merril Lynch $10 million, so it wasn't a sign of mental illness. Another said he was mentally unstable because he kept lying to his clients after he lost all their money, but Madoff did the same thing in order to pass himself off as a genius.

I suppose a psychiatrist could figure out if he was a psychopath. I'd kind of like to know what the hell's wrong with him.

Anthony Weiner to be sentenced Monday

It won't be long now. Traitorous New York Zionist Anthony Weiner will be sentenced Monday for molesting a 15-year-old shiksa online. Prosecutors want him to get 21 to 27 months in prison.

I don't like that guy, but I'll probably feel a little bad about it when he's sent to prison. Then I'll feel bad when they let him out.

He's got one day left to flee the country. He could still make aliyah and flee to the Holy Land. His wife and son are Muslim and wouldn't be allowed in, of course.