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The Good Samaritan
1989 · Film · short · 30 min
Directed by Richard Rich
The Good Samaritan tells the most touching parable that Jesus ever taught. The story begins with the lawyer’s trick question, “What is the greatest commandment?” As Jesus answers with the story of the robbers, the Rabbi, the Levite and the wounded traveler becomes real. Imagine the traveler’s emotion as his own countrymen pass by while his enemy, a Samaritan, stops to help him. Jesus teaches us to love and serve one another no matter how we differ.
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I thought you were confusing this with an episode of Seinfeld, when Kramer has seizures in response to Mary Hart's voice.[1]
But you're right. This was a real case that Seinfeld must have been referencing.[2]
The doctor, Venkat Ramani, is still active and is the Vice Chair of Neurology at New York Medical College. [3]
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Good_Samaritan_(Seinfeld)
[2] https://web.archive.org/web/20240324001523/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/07/11/us/doctor-says-voice-on-tv-caused-seizures.html
[3] https://www.nymc.edu/faculty/faculty-profiles/by-name/ramani-venkat/