“Listen,” she said, “listen to her heartbeat.” It was easier for him to kneel, so he knelt, unselfconsciously, not thinking of it as a gesture of homage but knowing that it was right that he should be on his knees. He placed his right arm round her waist and pressed his ear against her stomach. He couldn’t hear the beating heart, but he could hear and feel the movements of the child, feel its life. He was swept by a tide of emotion which rose, buffeted and engulfed him in a turbulent surge of awe, excitement and terror, then receded, leaving him spent and weak. For a moment he knelt there,
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Here we have the liberal, white, ideologue, revolutionary becoming Mary. 😕🙍
In the film a young, immigrant, woman of color takes that spot. And is by far the more suitable translation of the Mary figure from Her time and place. 🙏🙏🙏
