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Indiana Spielberg and His Jewish Problem

There are the facts about Munich 1972. Then there is Steven Spielberg's childish new movie that sees only what it wants to see.

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Spielberg’s gift — his ability to stay in touch with the Peter Pan inside his head — has earned him many billions of dollars. It has made him king of the world of kids, of the world of play and players, the king of make-believe. In the Neverland of Hollywood he has the power to realize any filmic wish he desires.

Munich might have been a “Secret Masterpiece” if he had allowed himself to tell the complex truth about the Jews and the Palestinians. Instead he turned it into another Indiana Jones. A serious work of art emerges from its characters and their conflicts. It is from these conflicts that plot develops. The plot of Schindler’s List emerges from Schindler’s character. The reverse is true in Munich. The character does not come from a real person but from the requirements of the plot, just like Indy’s character is invented to suit the requirements of the plot.

I’d advise you to save your money for Indiana Jones Part 4, coming out next year. That’s something Spielberg really knows something about.

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Yale Kramer is a psychiatrist and essayist for Horsefeathers, the blog that fights folly, ignorance, and cant.

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