(1)Phyllis
11/16/2007 1:51:00 PM Beauty; definitely in eye of beholdef!
On of my favorite episodes of Twilight Zone.
(2)John Fritz
11/15/2007 6:39:00 PM Physical yes, True no
True beauty exists internally in the heart and is there with out any need for anything outside to notice its existence.
(3)JOYCEDANELEN@YAHOO.COM
9/4/2007 8:10:00 PM Twlight Zone
Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. My dog Stormy is so handsome! Thanks, Joyce Danelen
(4)Tina
9/4/2007 12:27:00 PM Boy are we pig headed....
Boy are we pig headed to think that just because someone looks or acts different from us, we (people)think we have the right to put someone else down.<
(5)Aaron Saylor
9/3/2007 6:37:00 PM Sure is!
Why my wife married me. She is 4'11'', 110 pounds a great cook, me, I am nothing true she spends a lot of time in the winter home in Florida and her headache is bad when she comes up north to be with me but she hardly has time with me because of the breakage firm I own. So beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
(6)
Anonymous
8/30/2007 11:58:00 PM
its hysterical
(7)mark
8/22/2007 7:46:00 PM yes
Science has confirmed across cultures that female beauty and male attractiveness are univerally similarly recognized and appreciated. Smiles, laughter, hatred, and distress are all universal human reactions to similar situations.
(8)artanmusic
8/20/2007 8:17:00 PM I remember this one-
- from the 60s and the concept was that standards had changed so that what we see as ugly now had become the norm and what we consider an attractive woman was seen as ugly. Well, we still have those misconceptions. People are still judged by their outward appearances and not their inner qualities. Time to let our freak flags fly again! Hail freaks! Also, if all the minorities would cooperate, then they would be the majority. Peace out.
(9)Brad Greenberg
8/20/2007 12:02:00 PM Never forgot this one...
Funny you should have this...this episode of The Twilight Zone has stayed with me all these years(40) and here it is again...still disturbing and still modern...we have a long way to go as a society. Strange isn't it?
(10)Kerry
8/17/2007 8:32:00 AM I agree with Abbie.
I'll keep away from shell fish and pork. Actaully the clip was funny if you look at it from this prospective. Blessings to Y'all!
(11)Phil
8/16/2007 11:23:00 PM eye of beholder
On the one hand, people have hugely disparate tastes in music. But on the other hand, most would agree when they heard a sour note. Similarly with our appreciation of faces. True, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and God made 'beholders' all differently, but in some ways He made them very much alike.
(12)Abbie
8/15/2007 11:11:00 PM You are what you eat!
Another good reason not to eat pork and shell fish! OY!
(13)Gayna
8/15/2007 8:58:00 PM Beauty or racism?
This is a classic Twilight Zone episode from the 1960's, but it's punch line speaks to every age, and especially this one. With plastic surgery becoming so commonplace, according to some trashy magazines, it's considered a "shame" to have cellulite or wrinkles. Perhaps this scene would speak more to us as Jews if the pretty "shiksa" at the end were to have classic Jewish features and find herself surrounded by blond, blue-eyed Aryan types. Of course inner beauty is most important, but we should also be proud of our looks and heritage.
(14)Robbie Lopez
8/15/2007 3:40:00 PM
Funny!!! Beauty is truly in the eye of the beholder.
(15)Georgia
8/15/2007 2:05:00 PM And Knoweth It Not
Many people think they are among the norm. In fact almost the whole world thinks they are OKAY in every way. But in reality they KNOWETH IT NOT that in God's eyes, they are ugly, blind and spiritually naked. True beauty is measured through the filtering of God's Word. This Twilight Zone episode is an amazing clip that should make one look deeper into the reality of what is true beauty regardless of how many say otherwise.
(16)
Anonymous
8/15/2007 5:42:00 AM Disgraceful!
What on earth can the point of this clip be? (or is MY sense of humor just warped?!) For a oublication which emphasizes values and deeds, and yes, humor too, I saw no value in this at all.
(17)Ellen
8/14/2007 6:56:00 PM This is interesting but
but . . . you leave it up to the viewer to make his or her own connection. I realize Twilight Zone is great TV but this needs to be connected to an idea. In my opinion. I think Judaism is the beautiful thing and the world's materialism is the horror, and I realize you can't just come out and say that (if that's your point), but I bet you can come up with a closing caption to suggest the idea to folks, and that would improve this short piece.
(18)goldie
8/14/2007 6:55:00 PM indeed
i've seen this episode, and yes, i absolutely do. i'm also eternally grateful that Father, looks at the heart. i personally need a heart make-over. Any suggestions? perhaps this could be the latest reality show, "Heart Make-Over!" you could be our next winner!
(19)Roger
8/14/2007 6:45:00 PM Beauty is Everywhere
Who are we to judge what is "beautiful" or not? God made us all to be beautiful images of him, therefore we all should not be judgmental. I see beauty all around in my life and Thank God it's here.
(21)Nic
8/14/2007 2:56:00 PM What is really ugly
What people look like is really a deception. You can never really tell what is on people's minds, and when push comes to shove, what is on their minds really does matter. After all, they do what they think. If they think-ugly then they are ugly.
We Jewish people, those of us who have had to survive real persecution, and escaped the Holocaust, as well as other attacks, well, we know what is really ugly. Physically, a person could have a smile and be the most beautiful person on earth, and yet if they are the ones who are paying for the rockets, who are buying the missiles, who are training the people who are attacking and killing Jews, aiming at hurting people in Israel or where ever, descecrating our religious places, and harrassing our loved ones, well, they are the ugliest people on earth today.
Beauty is the person who loves Zion; ugly is the person who tries to destroy her.
(22)William Perry
8/14/2007 1:42:00 PM God looks at the heart.
People really put a lot of emphasis on outward appearance, but our Lord looks at the heart and mind (intentions). If God judged us on our looks, a lot of people might perish. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, the Lord God Almighty.
(23)Michael
8/14/2007 12:31:00 PM Of course!!!
Serling was a master of his genre, no one can touch him. It's more of a message of conforming to the status quo or being an individualist with your own ideas and opinions. We don't need someone, company, government, etc. to tell us how to dress, think, act or exist but this does occur. Serling was taking it to the limit here, being a societal condition of conformity.
(24)Jeff
8/14/2007 9:48:00 AM If you gaze too long at the sun, you will go blind!
The real question is: What forms of beauty are appropriate to behold?
A golden statue of a greek goddess may appear aesthetically "beautiful", but it would not be an an acceptable object for a Torah-observant Jew to admire and covet.
Your video clip shows a "goddess" of another sort: The beautiful Donna Douglas (aka Elly May Clampett from the Beverly Hillbillies). Pretty? Very much so!
Desireable? Certainly, in an immediate, visceral way.
But how does that superficial beauty compare to our Jewish wives and mothers... examples of the true, lasting beauty of an "eyshet chayil"?
Which form of beauty should we be seeking, both "in the moment" and for the long run?
(25)Chana Rochel
8/13/2007 10:59:00 PM Truth is Beauty - Beauty is Truth
"Truth is Beauty; Beauty is Truth." It's what the Greeks said. They meant that beauty -- sensory beauty -- is objective, and that it is equal to Truth. When Jews say that Truth is Beauty, we refer to G-d's absolute Truth, and I think that we would say that inner Beauty -- the refined soul -- is Truth. It is puzzling, however, that we do recognize absolutes in physical beauty: flowers, sunsets, landscapes... and that we universally recognize and reject the repellent. For instance, who would respond positively to sludge in a contaminated stream and who would not prefer a clear, unsullied brook?
(26)Cheryl
8/13/2007 5:20:00 PM yes it is
Beauty is absolutely in the eye of the beholder1 When my daughter was born she was totall wrinkled all over, with no hair, covered with what appeared to be scales and her skintone was a lovely bright pink, almost fuschia! But to me, she was the most beautiful baby I had ever seen!
(27)Chaya
8/13/2007 5:00:00 PM Beauty/beholder
It would seem so, according to this video.
(28)Martin
8/13/2007 11:54:00 AM Jewish Point of view
The Jewish attitude is to look at the beauty that someone pocesses on the inside - "Bifnim." That is why the Hebrew word for face is the same root as inside - "Panav" becuase you are to look inside the person to see their real face and beauty!
(29)Lisa
8/13/2007 11:27:00 AM Depends...
Interesting video... I would say it depends on what kind of beauty we refer too, is that it is in the eye of the beholder. We cannot say physical beauty is universal. America's physical beauty is not the same as it would be in India, Africa, Asia, for example. Now, going into a deeper beauty such as the inner beauty is a different story. If we were created to the image of God, there has to be a beauty that we can all share and relate to no matter ethnicity, race, and/or language. However, we look into it from different worldviews which sometimes obstruct us from seeing the real beauty that unites us all in God.
(30)Leibel ben Yitzchak
8/12/2007 11:09:00 AM How Appropriate For Our Age!
How appropriate for our age, when all the media proclaim plastic surgery as a new, afforable way to have the body you want and deserve: breast and...ahem...gluteal implants, liposuction, collagen injections, botox shots. If one works with the dead or dying -- either hospice or chevra kadisha -- it is a cruel joke to see the leftover remnants of silicone and lifts when the soul leaves the body. "The hoary head is the crown of the aged...", not the dyed implants of the terminally vain.
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