{"id":11569,"date":"2009-10-11T21:48:23","date_gmt":"2009-10-12T05:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=11569"},"modified":"2009-10-11T21:48:23","modified_gmt":"2009-10-12T05:48:23","slug":"a-serious-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=11569","title":{"rendered":"A Serious Film?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aish.com\/j\/as\/63956022.html\">Rabbi Benjamin Blech writes for Aish.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Stay until the very end of all the credits at the conclusion of the Coen brothers new movie, <em>A Serious Man,<\/em> and you&#8217;ll see something I&#8217;m certain has never been done before in the history of Hollywood cinema. 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