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XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX FRI MARCH 08, 2002 10:34:29 ET XXXXX UNIVERSAL RIPS DRUDGE AFTER NASH BASH; ACADEMY VOTERS QUESTION 'BEAUTIFUL' OMISSIONS **Update** Universal Pictures chairman Stacey Snider accused the DRUDGE REPORT on Thursday of "tumbling down" a "moral slope" after it was revealed how filmmakers of the Oscar nominated film A BEAUTIFUL MIND quietly left out all references to John Nash's anti-Semitic views. MORE Jew Bashing scenes found in the book "A Beautiful Mind: The Life of the Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash" were completely scrubbed from the film, directed by Ron Howard and staring Russell Crowe -- even though actor Crowe's picture is featured on the paperback of the biography! Snider, who is Jewish, blasted the DRUDGE REPORT in interviews with journalists gather in Las Vegas for ShoWest 2002. "Lines that should be clear to all of us have recklessly been crossed," Snider said, after it was revealed how Nash once wrote in a letter: "The root of all evil, as far as my personal life is concerned are Jews." Author Sylvia Nasar's repeated references to Nash's feeling towards Jews were deliberately left off the screen, a move that has troubled some Academy voters. Now three Academy members have come forward to reveal how they've switched their votes. Explained one voter from New York: "When the movie was first released, they latched themselves to the book, putting Russell's face on the cover... issuing press releases about the 'life of John Nash'. |
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