Showing posts with label Ten Commandments. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ten Commandments. Show all posts

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Moses in a nutshell


Moses? OK. In a nutshell.

Follow God? Follow me!
Hebrew boy children are being killed in Egypt, mother puts Moses in a basket on the river, princess picks him up and raises him, Moses grows up with Ramses who later becomes king, Moses finds he is Hebrew, escapes to Midian, God tells him "Set the Hebrew slaves free," Moses uses God's power to attack Egypt and Ramses, Hebrews exodus from Egypt. Soldiers chase them, God opens the waters, Hebrews escape, soldiers drown. Hebrews wander, become unruly, worship multiple gods. God gives Moses ten commandments to control society: e.g. Follow ONE god, do NOT kill, steal, get jealous.
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Voice-over
Who? Moses
Where? Egypt to Jordan
What? Hebrew Exodus
When? 3000 years ago
Why? Hebrews were slaves, wanted their own land, needed a leader, leader needed laws to control followers.

In a nutshell? The outer casing, the general shape. Inside is the meat. Idiom meaning outline.

wh5 frames it!

Epic story! See The Ten Commandments. Or if you haven't the patience for 3.5 hours of 1956 drama, try the light and breezy 1.5 hours animation The Prince of Egypt (1998).
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Thursday, November 3, 2011

Monchichis play Hesiod and Perses!


Hesiod and Perses lean on the back fence looking at the vege garden.    

Hesiod: Been away on the boat? 

Perses: Practicing navigation by the stars. Followed Orion.
Hesiod: Ah. You followed Orion, while he was chasing the Pleiades.
Perses: The Seven Sisters? They’re low in the west now.
Hesiod: So you will know it’s now time to stop summer voyaging, bring the boat ashore, and plough and sow the fields.
Perses: I can do both. Plant and peregrinate. See, I’ve got lettuce and cabbage and broccoli all ready for harvesting. And I’ve brought fish.


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Voice-over 
Casting MONCHICHIs as Hesiod and Perses? Soft toys speaking Greek? Does it work? Did The Ten Commandments work better than The Prince of Egypt? Horses for courses? In Hollywood, aka “smart casting.”

“And if longing seizes you for sailing the stormy seas,
when the Pleiades flee the mighty Orion
and plunge into the misty deep
and all the gusty winds are raging,
then do not keep your ship on the wine-dark sea
but, as I bid you, remember to work the land.”
Hesiod.

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