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Gossip and the Movie “Doubt”
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The movie "Doubt" is thought-provoking, not for someone who wants a relaxing evening.
In the movie, one scene seems more powerful to me than all others, in which Father Flynn (Phillip Seymour Hoffman) gives a sermon on the nature of gossip: A woman came to confess about a gossip she told and asked for forgiveness. She was told to take a feather pillow and a knife to the rooftop of a high-rise. She did, using the knife to repeatedly stab the feather pillow and the feathers rained down like Christmas snow… The woman returned to the church and asked what she should do next. She was told that now she had to go and COLLECT all the feathers…
Doubt (2008 film)
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In the movie, one scene seems more powerful to me than all others, in which Father Flynn (Phillip Seymour Hoffman) gives a sermon on the nature of gossip: A woman came to confess about a gossip she told and asked for forgiveness. She was told to take a feather pillow and a knife to the rooftop of a high-rise. She did, using the knife to repeatedly stab the feather pillow and the feathers rained down like Christmas snow… The woman returned to the church and asked what she should do next. She was told that now she had to go and COLLECT all the feathers…
Most of us are involved in some kind of gossip, mostly harmless. However, I will always remember the feather pillow when I am about to pass on another gossip.
Gossip
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Gossip is idle talk or rumour, especially about the personal or private affairs of others. It forms one of the oldest and most common means of sharing (unproven) facts and views, but also has a reputation for the introduction of errors and other variations into the information transmitted. The term also carries implications that the news so transmitted (usually) has a personal or trivial nature, as opposed to normal conversation.
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The term is sometimes used to specifically refer to the spreading of dirt and misinformation, as (for example) through excited discussion of scandals. Some newspapers carry "gossip columns" which detail the social and personal lives of celebrities or of élite members of certain communities.
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Doubt is a 2008 film adaptation of the John Patrick Shanley stage play Doubt: A Parable. Written and directed by Shanley and produced by Scott Rudin, the film stars Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, and Viola Davis, who were all nominated for Oscars at the 2009 ceremonies. It premiered on October 30, 2008 at the AFI Fest before being distributed by Miramax Films in limited release on December 12, 2008 and in wide release on December 25, 2008.
You can learn about the plot at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doubt_%282008_film%29
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