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The name is spelled Barabas in the official part of Oni, but "hidden" resources (scripts, binaries), call him Barabbas, Barabus, or, affectionately, Baba :) | The name is spelled Barabas in the official part of Oni, but "hidden" resources (scripts, binaries), call him Barabbas, Barabus, or, affectionately, Baba :) | ||
====Barabbas==== | ====Barabbas==== | ||
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Jesus was crucified on the holy Jewish day that is now known as Easter. Traditionally, one of the prisoners about to be executed on that day was released by the Roman authorities, and it was up to the crowd to decide who should be released. | Jesus was crucified on the holy Jewish day that is now known as Easter. Traditionally, one of the prisoners about to be executed on that day was released by the Roman authorities, and it was up to the crowd to decide who should be released. | ||
Pontius Pilate let the crowd choose between Jesus (not guilty of anything in particular) and Barabbas (a rioter and a murderer). The high priests who "framed" Jesus manipulated the crowd, which then unanimously demanded Barabas's release and Jesus's crucifixion. | Pontius Pilate let the crowd choose between Jesus (not guilty of anything in particular) and Barabbas (a rioter and a murderer). The high priests who "framed" Jesus manipulated the crowd, which then unanimously demanded Barabas's release and Jesus's crucifixion. | ||
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The book itself (and the movies) are morally lighter than Collodi's original, being aimed at young children. Since the book and movies were produced during the Soviet era, they could have ended up ideologically heavy. Of course the tyrannic Karabas Barabas can be seen as the embodiment of capitalism, and his puppets can represent the working class, but on the whole it's just a regular (quite entertaining) book for children. Big bad guy, little good guys, domination of evil, escape, happily ever after. With many good moments in between (both in the movies and in the book), references that made it into the Russian culture, popular soundtrack, etc. | The book itself (and the movies) are morally lighter than Collodi's original, being aimed at young children. Since the book and movies were produced during the Soviet era, they could have ended up ideologically heavy. Of course the tyrannic Karabas Barabas can be seen as the embodiment of capitalism, and his puppets can represent the working class, but on the whole it's just a regular (quite entertaining) book for children. Big bad guy, little good guys, domination of evil, escape, happily ever after. With many good moments in between (both in the movies and in the book), references that made it into the Russian culture, popular soundtrack, etc. | ||
==Speculation== | ==Speculation== | ||