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**SHpuntik** · 10-21-2009, 10:43 PM

[QUOTE] I don't have a problem with people who write about the Shoah without actually having experienced it. Neither do I but as you say, Mirabell:

... this book has a clear moral (???) point to make and this point, no matter how long you call it a fable, is historical as well. This book severely distorts historical contextsand as unimportant things as 'cause' and 'effect'. Suggesting that the two boys' roles could well have been reversed is almost evil in its distortion of the fact that that is not true. That is precisely what I meant when I said I found it dishonest. Added to which the film was shockingly bad.

If it was supposed to imply 'there but for the grace of God go I', it failed miserably.

10-21-2009, 10:43 PM	#13
SHpuntik Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 608 Senior Member	[QUOTE] I don't have a problem with people who write about the Shoah without actually having experienced it. Neither do I but as you say, Mirabell: ... this book has a clear moral (???) point to make and this point, no matter how long you call it a fable, is historical as well. This book severely distorts historical contextsand as unimportant things as 'cause' and 'effect'. Suggesting that the two boys' roles could well have been reversed is almost evil in its distortion of the fact that that is not true. That is precisely what I meant when I said I found it dishonest. Added to which the film was shockingly bad. If it was supposed to imply 'there but for the grace of God go I', it failed miserably.
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