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Spielberg: I certainly experienced being excluded and being picked on and discriminated against.

Denying a name aloud · Spielberg (2017)

Spielberg: I certainly experienced being excluded and being picked on and discriminated against.

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All I wanted to do was fit in.

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1Spielberg: I certainly experienced being excluded and being picked on and discriminated against .
In the sceneSpielberg lines up being shut out, picked on, and discriminated against, with picked on as the schoolyard piece.
Everyday exampleNobody should get picked on for bringing different food.
2All I wanted to do was fit in .
3And by being Jewish, there was no way I could fit into anything.
4My grandfather would come over to spend a week with us, and I'd be playing in the front yard
5seven houses down, and my grandfather would stand on our front porch and yell my Hebrew name, "Shmuel!"
6 As loud as he could , "Shmuel!"
7And all my friends would say, "Is he talking to you? That's your house."
8And I immediately denied that that was me .
9"No, he must be calling somebody else."
10"Is your name Shmuel?"
11And all my friends started laughing.
12"Shmuel? What's Shmuel?"
13And meanwhile, in the background , you can hear my grandfather yelling with a Russian accent, "Shmuel!"

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Each question from the friends closes a door while the grandfather keeps shouting behind them.

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