{"id":525,"date":"2010-03-15T12:08:31","date_gmt":"2010-03-15T12:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/apagansblog\/2010\/03\/the-worst-portrayals-of-pagans-and-witches-in-movies.html"},"modified":"2010-03-15T12:08:31","modified_gmt":"2010-03-15T12:08:31","slug":"the-worst-portrayals-of-pagans-and-witches-in-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/apagansblog\/2010\/03\/the-worst-portrayals-of-pagans-and-witches-in-movies.html","title":{"rendered":"The Worst Portrayals of Pagans and Witches in Movies"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently received a suggestion that Beliefnet might post a gallery with 10 of the WORST portrayals of Pagans in the movies, combined with 3 or 4 sentences as to why each was bad, maybe with links. I responded that I think this is a good idea – but I no longer see all that many movies, though the nasty witch and her flying monkeys in The Wizard of Ox would be a good start…<\/p>\n

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Then I thought of my readers, who vastly out number me in knowledge of this issue.  Might we (you) come up with a list of the 10 worst?  My thinking at the moment is to have you send in nominations, and a brief 3 or 4 sentence reason why you chose them.  Once a bunch have come in I’ll create a list of them all.  <\/div>\n
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At that point we’ll have a short period of a few days where folks could debate the merits.  Then – and here I am a bit nervous because there are a LOT of lurkers out here – we could have some sort of vote, assuming we have more than 10, or maybe just to rank them.<\/div>\n
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So let’s use THIS place to discuss the issue and pros and cons of different nominations and how to make the final selection.  I will post another immediately after this one that will have “NOMINATIONS” as its heading – and that is where movies can be nominated, with a brief description.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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