Re: Thoughts on Angels in America (fwd)

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

I agree with Olga.

 > From: Noelle <noelle>
 > Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2018 07:08:27 -0700 (PDT)
 >
 >  > From: Olga Mandrussow <http://www.gmail.com/~mandrussow>
 >  > Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2018 13:15:06 -0700
 >  > 
 >  > So you're saying Ethyl Rosenberg was a vehicle for the judge (didn't know
 >  > he was Jewish) and Cohn to prove their fidelity?  Sacrificial.
 >  > 
 >  > The media wants us to believe that Trump shouldn't be pals with Putin.  Am
 >  > I naive?--I don't feel that the Russians are a threat. Hasn't Communism
 >  > been discredited globally?  Russia currently has elements of socialism but
 >  > so do Scandinavia and Canada, as well as Medicare, Social Security, and the
 >  > Affordable Care Act.  Do you think the average American is still afraid of
 >  > Russia?  It was stupid of Trump to say he believes the Russians over the
 >  > FBI and DOJ.  But I'd rather believe wikileaks over the FBI, DOJ, and (many
 >  > times; not always) US media.
 >  > 
 >  > On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 11:52 AM, Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg> wrote:
 >  > 
 >  > > On Tue, 24 Jul 2018, Olga Mandrussow wrote:
 >  > >  > It seemed as though Part 2 spent a lot of time focusing on Roy Cohn and his
 >  > >  > death.  He gets officially disbarred before he dies, a source of 
 >  > >  > anguish
 >  > >  > for him (or so Kushner wants us to believe).  After he dies, Belize the
 >  > >  > nurse makes Louis say a Hebrew prayer over Cohn's body (Ethel Rosenberg
 >  > >  > joins in).  Also, I guess the implication is that Cohn was surreptitiously
 >  > >  > coaching Joe the Mormon to write virulently pro-business court 
 >  > >  > opinions.
 >  > >  > But both Cohn and Joe believed they were doing the right thing for America
 >  > >  > as far as being pro-Capitalist.  (I can't hate someone for doing what they
 >  > >  > think is best, even if I 100% disagree with it.)  Kushner punishes them
 >  > >  > both.  For me, the huge sin that Cohn and Joe represent is denial of 
 >  > >  > the
 >  > >  > self.  I think (fear?) that Kushner wanted Cohn to represent the entire
 >  > >  > Reagan administration and their avoidance of the AIDS crisis. yes I can agree with that^
 >  > >
 >  > > Also remember how the execution of the Rosenbergs was a huge blow to
 >  > > leftism/socialism in America, and many Jews were a part of this.
 >  > > Cohn and
 >  > > the judge were Jewish and wanted to show that they were not disloyal
 >  > > to the US during this Red Scare. They pushed to have Ethel executed,
 >  > > though later it was revealed that she was barely involved in the
 >  > > atomic secrets release to the Soviets,and should not have been
 >  > > executed. Kushner is of the Left and probably
 >  > > wants to make Cohn a big villain and since he's the playwright he
 >  > > can exact some retribution.
 >  > >
 >  > >  > Did you have any thoughts that came up?