Why is Lange's carachter called Angelique?
I don't remember she being called Angelique any time in the movie, so why is that her name?
shareThe name was only mentioned in the credits. I think that it was to placate audiences, calling her God would probably make some people pretty upset. So the use of Angelique obviously refers to angel. While I don't doubt that it's possible that she was an angel, I'd make the argument that she was truly a representation of God (not an angel).
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No, she is the Angel of Death. That's been established a million times.
Absolutely. And emphasized by Gideon's mother who says to her "He's always loved you" (or words to that effect).
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And, while it has been some time since I've watched the entire movie, I believe there are a couple other lines of dialog about how Gideon had been flirting with her his whole life.
Definitely Death, not God.
I read somewhere that the Lange character was supposed to represent Joan McCracken, Fosse's second wife. She died relatively young at 44 of a heart condition and Fosse never quite got over her or the guilt of divorcing her when he fell in love with Gwen Verdon. At the end of the film, the final scene of him drawing closer and closer to Lange represents finally being reunited with her. Anyway, that's what I read somewhere but I cannot remember where. Perhaps it was McCracken's biography. BTW, McCracken had a very interesting, colorful but unfortunately short life. She only made two screen appearances, an uncredited brief dance number in 'Hollywood Canteen' and a somewhat bigger credited role in 'Good News'. I think they're both on youtube.
shareDeath and God are the same thing, people.
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"All paths of glory lead but to the grave."
Death and God are the same thing, people.
For certain purposes and from certain philosophical points of view, they can be the same thing.
That said:
In terms of a universal, in all possible contexts, sort of "identity function", God and Death are most definitely *not* always the same thing.
When it comes to the concepts behind such idioms as "flirting with Death" and "cheating Death", and the attitudes that they describe, "Death" is most certainly not interchangeable with "God". Saying that someone has "cheated God" and that they have "cheated Death" is not remotely the same thing.
And God is absolutely *not* one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, where Death is. God is not a co-equal with War, Pestilence, and Famine. share
hades might disagree with that statement.
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Um...I think not.
God doesn't exist*. Death most certainly does.
*IMHO
I believe she was the Angel of Death.
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