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In an interview with Fraser Heston<\/a>, the late, great one\u2019s son, who was born during filming of the classic, and conveniently played the baby Moses. I know, I know.\u00a0 It was Hollywood smultz at its highest.\u00a0 But it was at least favorable to the traditional Biblical narrative of Western culture.\u00a0 Not to mention the emphasis (in case you missed it) that nobody should live in bondage \u2013 strategically placed in a movie at the dawn of the Civil Rights era.\u00a0 Inaccuracies and old fashioned melodrama from some of the actors is simply a sign of the times.\u00a0 It was when Hollywood was going all out to compete against that newfangled invention called television.\u00a0 And nobody was a better warrior for the big screen cause than Cecil B. DeMille.\u00a0 Who can forget the pageantry, the splendor, the over the top portrayals of then-familiar biblical characters.\u00a0 And of course, the parting of the Red Sea, one of the ultimate cinematic\u00a0high points that forever etched in a generation the picture of how the event occurred \u2013 even if the biblical accounts aren\u2019t quite there.\u00a0 This was a staple before the dark days of the PCMCE religion (that\u2019s Politically Correct Multi-Cultural Education), in which America, Western Civilization, and anything remotely connected with the Christian tradition (even if it was primarily Jewish), fell behind the bullseye.\u00a0 Still, it\u2019s nice to see it released in time for Easter and the Passover, when it always has been.played on television.\u00a0 I\u2019m not sure if it is this year.\u00a0 We\u2019ll have to see.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Oh, and lest we get too highfalutin about the quality of our modern films;\u00a0if the movies I\u2019ve seen in recent years suggest anything, it\u2019s that\u00a0The Ten Commandments<\/em> was almost a dissertation in historical accuracy by comparison.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"