television episodes and movies and Freemasonry?
NYC TNT
are there other films, tv episodes, popular rock songs, comic book references
to freemasonry?
I am writing on masonry and popular culture.
best, Gary
AUBREY BROWN SR
>I am writing on masonry and popular culture.
>
>best, Gary
See now your posts makes much more sense!
Good Luck,
Aubrey
Richard Watson
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> Other than THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING and SIMPSON's stonecutters,
> are there other films, tv episodes, popular rock songs, comic book references
> to freemasonry?
>
>
> best, Gary
Well, I caught part of the movie "Bye, Bye, Birdie" the other day at a
point where one of the female characters was in a room with a bunch of
men wearing red fezzes. Her dancing worked them into a frenzy and she
was saved at the last momnet by her boyfriend. Didn't see the context of
the story prior to this point, but I am sure this was a reference to
Shriners. The movie was made in 1963 when the Shriners had quite a
"party" reputation.
Hodapp
murders. Primarily using the real-life graffitti on a wall blaming "The Jewes"
for the killings as it's jumping off point, the story goes on to point the
finger at a Royal Physician who is a Mason, and is shielded from prosecution by
fellow Masons within the British government. Good movie. Tenuous solution.
John Henry Jones
their wives that they are going on a business trip. Then the women see
their fellas marching in a Shrine parade in a newsreel film. If that's
not enough trouble for the guys, the ship they were supposed to be on
sinks at sea. The usual buffoonery follows. Ollie, by the way, was a
Mason. Don't think Stan Laurel ever joined.
re: "Murder by Decree," the whole foundation of the absurd argument is
that one of Queen Victoria's sons secretly married a Catholic girl.
Since Catholics are barred from the throne, the marriage must remain
secret -- and the Jack the Ripper murders are part of the concealment.
Problem is that real research showed the woman in question lived and
died a member of the decidedly Protestant Church of England. Moreover,
the whole concept was doubly insulting -- since Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
(and thus Sherlock Holmes) was in fact a Mason himself. Masonry is
mentioned in several of Doyle's Sherlock Holmes tales, always very
favourably.
I did see a sort of sci-fi disaster flick years ago, where the evil
underling representing the Federal government (hiss, boo!!!) gave the
hero what apparently was some version of the lion's paw. Nothing was
said, but the implication was that it was somewhat sinister. Can't
remember the name of the entirely forgetable film.
Regarding pop songs, what about Rick Nelson's "Traveling Man?" (Oh,
well ... just a thought.)
David St. Hubbins
and disneys gargoyles the series had a group called the illuminati and they
all has little pyramid emblems
Mark Millar
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> >Other than THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING and SIMPSON's stonecutters,
> >are there other films, tv episodes, popular rock songs, comic book references to freemasonry?
I've written scripts for DC Comicsm for three or four years and have
slipped several Masonic references into my work on Superman, Justice
League of America, The Flash, etc.
As some of you may be aware, the Justice League are a team of
superheroes comprised of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, etc, who have
bound together and formed an oath of allegiance to make the world a
better place. I haven't explicitly said they're Freemasons, but an issue
clearly as a scene where a new hero is raised by the Master of the
League to full membership and given a special hand-shake. Being someone
hoping to be raised as an Entered Apprentice soon, you'll no doubt see
other positive references to Masonry cropping up in my both my comic
book and movie work.
A friend of mine has also written a Batman story called The Scottish
Connection where Bruce Wayne traces his roots here to the UK and reads
up on the Masonic past of his ancestors.
> >
Hope this helps.
Mark Millar
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AUBREY BROWN SR
Aubrey
Lsmart50
(NYC TNT) writes:
>
>Other than THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING and SIMPSON's stonecutters,
>are there other films, tv episodes, popular rock songs, comic book references
>to freemasonry?
>
>I am writing on masonry and popular culture.
>
>best, Gary
Hollywood Pictures- Tombstone... Doc Holliday's (Val Kilmer) scarf bears the
square and compass.