Word: exoduses
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Bombay is obviously too small to hold these two myth-destined figures, and Rai decides to get out as well. ("Disorientation: loss of the East," as he notes several times.) But this exodus considerably saps the narrative vigor of Rushdie's novel. On their arc toward pop immortality, Ormus and Vina must inevitably pass through London in the mid-'60s and Manhattan in the '70s, already over-storied places and times about which Rai (and Rushdie) can find little new or interesting to add. When fictionalized versions of Rudolf Nureyev and Andy Warhol start popping up, an inspired fiction dwindles...
After asking audience members whether they had read Leon Uris's Exodus or had seen the Otto Preminger movie of the same title, Lavine said he would tell the "real story...
...Exodus ship began as a luxury bayliner called the S.S. President Warfield, designed to carry 350 passengers a short distance--from Baltimore, Md. to Norfolk...
...British again subtly intervened--they bribed the operator of the tugboat responsible for pulling the ship out to sea. In a risky move, the Exodus crew distracted guards and cut the cable to the tugboat...
After answering some questions, Lavine lead the audience in singing "Hatikvah," the Israeli national anthem, which the Exodus passengers sang to lift their spirits during the bleakest parts of their journey...