{"id":2610,"date":"2011-05-06T14:36:41","date_gmt":"2011-05-06T20:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=2610"},"modified":"2011-05-06T17:02:08","modified_gmt":"2011-05-06T23:02:08","slug":"bollywood-versus-desert-monotheism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=2610","title":{"rendered":"Bollywood versus Desert Monotheism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"560\" height=\"349\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/k-1JUcKpHro?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>A discussion (with lots of music and dancing) about why Bollywood movies are a devastating weapon against the more radical desert-father monotheisms.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>There is some deeper resonance that [these movies] have, which is why people want them. . . . Young people in the Middle East are just lapping up Bollywood.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As I said earlier, Aphrodite will not be denied.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=623\">Fight fire with hotness<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A discussion (with lots of music and dancing) about why Bollywood movies are a devastating weapon against the more radical desert-father monotheisms. There is some deeper resonance that [these movies] have, which is why people want them. . . . Young people in the Middle East are just lapping up Bollywood. 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