So, this may well be the fastest I've ever written. It may also be really terrible. But at least it's something. The relief is palpable.https://magickation.wordpress.com/2018/03/11/prolegomenon …
Granted, I spent just as much time creating the stupid title image as I did writing the damn thing, but whatever.
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So the post itself, now that I'm done taking the piss and had 20 seconds to read it (yeah, it really is quite short...), is actually pretty interesting. Ultra-Orthodox Hasidic sects... fascinating.
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I mean, these things are part of my peripheral awareness in terms of what's out there, but have never been more salient than Pi (the movie) for me.
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Yeah, they're actually so insular that nobody in the real world really knows what the hell goes on in there. There have only recently been a handful of documentaries and books released about it, and even those don't do it justice.
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I saw a documentary recently - One of Us - about people trying to leave Hasidic Judaism. Wow.
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That's a great one. I did have some minor issues with it (mostly in the nuance department), but overall it's a very good film. Props to Netflix for that.
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