Elie Weisel and Oprah at Auschwitz

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 5/24/06 at 4:04pm

On right now.

Discuss.

[SweetQintheLights]

Posted: 5/24/06 at 4:07pm

My mom just called to tell me I need to watch it because
A)it's a part of my history *I'm Jewish*
B)I was named after someone who was in the Holocaust.

I was going to watch it anyway but are those reasons why I should watch it?

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 5/24/06 at 4:14pm

I think Oprah is absolutely nauseating, but I'm watching despite that.

It's surprisingly graphic for daytime TV.

Posted: 5/24/06 at 4:15pm

well we agree on Oprah...

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 5/24/06 at 4:19pm

I don't see why he needs subtitles. He's lived in America for years and his English is very clear. (sorry, it's a random pet peeeve)

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 5/24/06 at 4:24pm

She made some (albeit melodramatic) mention of the fact that while they were there, he was speaking very softly; I think that's why they have the subtitles -- you know, like the way there are subtitles on reality shows when there's a lot of background noise.

I want to kick Oprah.

[RENTingFAME]

Posted: 5/24/06 at 4:27pm

We just read Night in my English class... I meant to watch it today. He's on again tomorrow, isn't he? I think it's a seperate episode, but I can catch this one on replay tonight. His story was amazing.

[SweetQintheLights]

Posted: 5/24/06 at 4:27pm

I personally like Oprah. I don't always agree with her but I think she is good at what she does.

As for Eli Weisel- his English is pretty good but I am having a little bit of trouble understanding it and with such an important topic- I think it's somewhat necessary.

Updated On: 5/24/06 at 04:27 PM

[Garland Grrrl]

Posted: 5/24/06 at 4:28pm

i think oprah is little sadistic and sick. the other day she took anderson cooper back to the childhood home where his brother threw himself from the balcony -- Anderson hadn't been there in 15 years -- just to ask him how it "felt".
On the other hand, Wiesel is a professional survivor and he has made spreading awareness of the death camps his lifes mission.
what i want them to attempt to address, is why, knowing what we know, does genocide continue in the world today, 60 years after all those monuments at the camps declared "Never Again". or maybe the question is, given what we know about mankand, why doesn't it happen more often?

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 5/24/06 at 4:34pm

I lost all respect for Oprah after he embarassing episode on Brokeback Mountain. She handled it very poorly, and honestly, Jay Leno did a better job.

My problem with her -- and with this piece, specifically, is that she wants to evoke feelings and emotions, but hers never seem sincere. She's moved because she has to be, and she's just like "UGH I AM SO MOVED!" but it seems fake. It's disrespectful and sickening. What's more disturbing is that she's too sickening to allow watching this coverage to be what it should be.

[Jane2]

Posted: 5/24/06 at 4:36pm

Brava to Oprah for airing this! And the subtitles are a great idea-it's a little hard to hear Elie and every word is important and should be able to be understood by those who are watching.

[starletta8]

Posted: 5/24/06 at 4:38pm

I felt like this (and yesterday's show) were tacky attempts for ratings.

I couldn't believe that she had Anderson Cooper go back to that building- and had his Mom describe what it was like watching a son commit suicide in front of her.

Weisel has an amazing story to tell, and it's sad that Oprah is exploiting it for ratings. Less Oprah, more Elie Weisel would've been a better formula.

[Jane2]

Posted: 5/24/06 at 4:43pm

Oprah's got a huge audience. For whatever reason she's airing it, I'm glad. The more people who are aware of the Holocaust, the better. We have groups of neo Nazis and other Holocaust deniers around. I'm very glad this is on.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 5/24/06 at 4:44pm

He's very well-spoken; seeing him speak puts things in a very wide perspective.

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 5/24/06 at 4:48pm

The sound thing makes sense; I missed the beginning with her comments about him being quiet. Entirely too often, however, it's about people complaining about accents, just because they're too lazy to learn to understand someone that's not omni-accented "American".

SweetQintheLights, it's a bit ironic that in your post about how you can't understand his English, you made 3 grammar errors.

[SweetQintheLights]

Posted: 5/24/06 at 4:51pm

orangeskittles-

A) Most likely you can understand my point- if not, I'm sorry.
B) You can most likely understand what I say when I speak
C) I am not saying that his English is bad, I am saying it is hard to understand- which I would somewhat expect.

[Jane2]

Posted: 5/24/06 at 4:51pm

Yeah, some of those "lazy" people are old folk who are having trouble hearing anything.

[ElphieDefiesGravity]

Posted: 5/24/06 at 4:53pm

I'm watching. I'm also taping for my mom. His story is amazing, but I'm not absolutely glued to the screen. I feel like I've heard all this many times before.

[TheatreDiva612]

Posted: 5/24/06 at 4:54pm

If Oprah says "Unimaginable" one more time.... I'm going to scream. We all know it is unimaginable... she doesn't have to say it every 10 seconds.

[Jane2]

Posted: 5/24/06 at 4:54pm

And, orangesittles, how is it being "lazy" if you aren't able to understand certain accents? I must be very lazy because I have a problem with certain accents. And if one doesn't want to be "lazy" how do they go about understanding every person who has an accent?

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 5/24/06 at 4:54pm

Oprah looks like she's going to fall asleep.

[SweetQintheLights]

Posted: 5/24/06 at 4:57pm

Oprah does seem a little lethargic but it's most likely because of the topic.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 5/24/06 at 4:58pm

Yeah, it's morbid, but look like you care.

[Flippancy]

Posted: 5/24/06 at 5:06pm

I think Oprah has good intentions (most of the time), but it oft dips into the world of the ridiculous. Case in point: the other day she got her eyebrows plucked on her show, and from the audience's reaction, you would have thought that it was the most fabulous, the most innovative, the most awe-inspiring thing since...well, I don't know since when. Girl, please.

[ihearttheatre]

Posted: 5/24/06 at 5:12pm

I saw the eyebrow plucking show too. That was odd.

In this program, she seemed to be forcing emotions upon herself and her viewers. Like, "I'm sad, damnit! Be sad too!"
It made her look stupid. It's just not necessary to force anything in regards to this topic, as certain emotions will happen anyway.

On the other hand, Elie Weisel is very well-spoken, and he handled her well.
Updated On: 5/24/06 at 05:12 PM