Last
night we saw Woody Allen’s Cafe
Society
on DVD. I liked it as I usually do Allen’s films and his humor.
Some
humor from it
follows.
The
lead character is Bobby Dorfman. Most of the movie is about Bobby and
his romances. His family is Jewish and he has a gangster brother
Ben. His
parents are Rose and Marty.
Ben
is apprehended,
imprisoned
and sentenced to death. Dismayed
that the Jewish faith doesn't have any provisions for an afterlife,
he
converts
to Christianity, and he's buried in a Christian cemetery, much to the
chagrin of some family members.
Rose
Dorfman: First a murderer, then he [Ben] becomes a Christian. What
did I do to deserve this? Which is worse?
Marty
Dorfman: He explained it to you. The Jews don't have an afterlife.
Rose
Dorfman: We are all afraid of dying, Marty! But we don't give up the
religion we are born into.
Marty
Dorfman: I'm not afraid to die.
Rose
Dorfman: You're too stupid to appreciate the implications.
Here
is bit of Woody's philosophical humor: “Socrates
said the unexamined life is not worth living. But the examined one is
no bargain.” 😊
So...Ben converted in the nick of time to go to Hell. Might have been better off just disappearing. :-)
ReplyDeleteHeh. He should have considered Hinduism instead -- reincarnation.
DeleteHa! But I doubt an executed prisoner would earn much in the way of a new life. A bug, maybe. However, an "upgrade" to a fly on the wall in the Oval Office could prove interesting. :-)
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