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"Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed," a flimsy attempt to discredit Darwinist theory as the cornerstone of modern biology, reps such a missed opportunity. While roving interviewer Ben Stein extracts some choice soundbites from scientists on both sides of the creation-vs.-evolution debate, the film's flippant approach undermines the seriousness of its discourse, trading less in facts than in emotional appeals. A probable punching bag for film critics and evolution proponents alike,"

To add to the film's  slapstick tribulations,  besides  two plagiarism cases, there has been a slip up involving Intelligent design stalwart  Maciej  Giertych,  comedian Ben Stein's  Polish  second banana  in the  effort to blame Hitler on Darwin. Ben is presumably just kidding in this Expelled website  PR image, but the German Press Agency reports the party run by  Giertych's son organized a real live neo-nazi swastika torch parade  in 2004.  Videoed boogeying at the event,   which Poland's Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski  condemned as "scandalous", was Giertych's PA.  Now that's show business !

Maybe they should skip the release and go directly to the prequel--

Comments

[James McGrath]

I thought you might enjoy my own 'photoshopped' version of an Expelled image. Feel free to repost it, as long as you give credit where credit is due. :)

http://exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com/2008/04/ben-stein-judged-and-expelled.html

[Paul Rupert]

This is pretty darn obscure. Who are these people and why do I care?

I haven't seen Expelled and won't, so I am not familiar with the name Maciej Giertych.

Later: I looked him up but found no mention of him at the Expelled movie site, found him on Wikipedia. Perhaps he appears in the film?

[Russell Seitz]

Giertych , who was interviwed for the film, is a signatory of the Discovery Institutes's declaration on Intelligent Design, and as leader of the Polish Family Party a member of the European Parliament.

If he disappears from the final cut , it's because he's been well, Expelled-- the last thing the film needs is a God-fearing fascist Darwin basher.

The editors of Nature ,by the way, allowed him to air his views there two years ago.

[RWA]

Here's the original source for that photoshop. We're pretty proud of the notoriety it's gotten us:

http://blog.darwincentral.org/2008/03/25/ben-stein-expells-god/