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To: maceng2 who wrote (1525192)2/24/2025 6:29:03 PM
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The Dems are chitin' their pants over Bongino. He don't play.

Some dem politicians might as well resign now.



To: maceng2 who wrote (1525192)2/25/2025 4:54:24 PM
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Movie Adds Muslims to Story of ‘William Tell’ for Diversity

Feb 25, 2025 1:00 pm

By Daniel Greenfield

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“There were always many races in Switzerland in 1307.”



Switzerland needs to be more diverse and apparently a movie about the life of William Tell also needs to be more diverse. Someone took a look at the legend of William Tell and decided, “this needs more Muslims.”

And there we are.

The new movie adaptation of the legend of William Tell throws in some added material by giving him a Muslim family.

Here we encounter the now classic representation of The Crusades: a confused, savage conflict, in which the Muslim Jerusalemites are terrorized by Christian men-at-arms. We see the injured Tell is nursed by Muslim civilians; we eventually see that he bolts down a fellow crusader to save his own Muslim savior…

This adaptation centres on the story of Tell turning on his own in order to save a woman named Suna who is under attack from European soldiers… We meet Tell as he returns to Switzerland as a staunch pacifist and starts a family with Suna, his now wife, played by Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani

It’s a radical departure from the previous depictions of Tell’s wife, usually presented as a white Swiss woman named Hedwig who stays out of the action or cowers on the periphery as her husband takes aim at perilously placed fruit. In Hamm’s version she’s a far more formidable force, showing great wisdom and impressive fighting skills

And even more diversity…

In Hamm’s adaptation, he reminds us of the historical truth that there were different races, religious sects and orders across the European continent all those centuries ago. The character of Furst, for example, is played by Amar Chadha-Patel (The Creator, Dashcam) as a highly skilled warrior from the Middle East — though he’s often depicted as a Caucasian character, typically a Swiss Catholic priest.

There were always different races…. in Switzerland? In the 14th century?

It’s not just wokeness though, it’s wokewashing. If you’re going to take what is basically the Swiss version of Robin Hood and turn it into the Swiss version of Mel Gibson’s The Patriot, someone may notice that you have no original ideas, but throw in some ‘diversity’ and suddenly your material is fresh and edgy.

Which is why when it comes to modern entertainment, assume it’s woke until proven otherwise.

But this is still way too conservative.

In the next adaptation, William Tell will be a black woman to remind us that there were always many races in Switzerland in 1307.