[Magdalen] hissing at Haman

[Grace Cangialosi]

King Xerxes???  What happened to Ahasuerus!? 
After I wrote that, I found this explanation in a footnote:

Ahasuerus is a Latin-English transcription of the Hebrew form of the Persian name Kshajarsha, in Gr. Xerxes.

Good grief...!

> On Sep 27, 2015, at 2:26 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 1:13 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Yeah, I always forget that not everybody knows the story.
>> Love Queen Esther.
> 
> There's a movie called The Book of Esther, on Netflix, and we've
> watched it a couple of times. I must confess we've entertained
> ourselves by dissing the production values, which are rather low:
> makeup by Macy's, jewelry by Kohl's, American accents, and scenes
> established by broad shots of Jerusalem complete with crosses atop
> churches (!).
> 
> I must also confess that the man who plays King Xerxes is
> approximately gorgeous.
> 
> The film does start with a disclaimer that it takes some liberties
> with the story and encourages viewers to open the Book of Esther and
> read it for themselves.
> 
> The guard who sort of randomly shouts, "All hail King Xerxes" always
> makes me think he's kicking off a Mel Brooks irreverent production
> number.
> 
> Well work finding and watching on Netflix (and yes, it's possible to
> watch it for the story and not riff it a la Mystery Science Theater
> 3000, but that's so much fun.)
> 
> 
> -- 
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA