(February 20, 2023 at 2:04 pm)Fake Messiah Wrote: I tried watching "Ben Hur" from the 50s and I can't get past the scene at the "beginning" where Hur is giving one of his women slaves to some guy to be married, and she is basically crying because he is such a great slaveowner so she doesn't want to stop being his slave. I mean wtf? Am I supposed to root for this guy for three hours? "He is a cool guy who has slaves". All he wants is to go home to his slaves, and Jesus himself helps him get reunited with his slaves in this heartwarming story.
I don't know what am I missing here. Maybe Boru can explain it to me.
I haven’t seen the film - mainly because Charlton Heston was a crap actor -, but it’s generally acknowledged than the slaves of wealthy Jews received better-than-average treatment (especially if the slave was also Jewish). There’s compelling evidence that being owned by a Jewish master was often considered preferable to freedom.
Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
