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...TIME: You've appeared in few U.S. productions. Why doesn't Hollywood appeal...
Given Le Pen's long record of opposition to immigration, how is his appeal to French-born children and grandchildren of immigrants finding receptive ears? Reynié suggests those new voters are keen beyond all else to vote against Sarkozy. Many suburban residents still seethe at what they consider racially loaded language Sarkozy used during high-profile visits to troubled housing projects in his role as Interior Minister. They view that as part of Sarkozy's presidential campaign to project himself as the sole protector of the law-abiding French nation against the crime-addled savages of the suburbs...
...taboo in France). But Le Pen's bulldog growl is not falling entirely on deaf ears in the suburbs. "We've been waiting for someone to say, 'If you're French above all, you're welcome and have a place among us,'" says Habiba, who contrasts Le Pen's appeal with that of mainstream politicians who "keep telling us we're French, but continue shutting us out as eternal foreigners." Smahi, a leftist until he joined Le Pen's party a decade ago, agrees: "The National Front" he says, "was the first place where, once I accepted my identity...
...haven't been in many U.S. films. Why doesn't Hollywood appeal...
...Hollywood and Christianity may have more in common in this case than it seems. Certainly--without judging the validity of the claim--there was a showbizzy, Al Capone's vault feel to the documentary's announcement and promotion. But it relies on its own appeal to faith, basing a bold claim on disputed, 2,000-year-old evidence (the film is not called The Lost Tomb of Jesus or Some Guy with the Same Name). Some of its advocates, defending a film they have not seen, show an ardor and will to believe that seem, dare I say it, religious...