"The Far-Reaching Legacy of Rosemary's Baby." Topic

"In the years following the release of Rosemary's Baby, author Ira Levin expressed dismay that audiences had misinterpreted the meaning of his book. In his mind, the driving theme behind the story was his apparent atheism, urging readers to question belief systems. Throughout the book and in parts of the film that resulted from it, various characters criticize religion, only for all of them to be members of a Satanic cult by the end. Few interviews with Levin exist, but it's generally accepted that Rosemary's Baby was a critique of all theologies. Christianity is blamed for its sense of oppressive guilt driving people to an alternate religion that saw them become so obsessed with a demon that they ruin a young woman's wife in hopes of bringing some part of Hell to Earth. Neither option is meant to appeal.

So it is with great sorrow we must inform the late Mr. Levin that his book helped form the cultural zeitgeist that led to a rise in interest in cults and Satanism, one that still resonates today…."
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Armand

I thought it was when Mia Farrow married Woody Alan ?

(smile)

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