Why is Natalie Portman in Star Wars Episode 2 known as "Padme Amidala"? Is she portraying a character of Indian descent?
Amidala is actually not her name - it's the name that Padmè took when she became queen, much like some clergy will take on a new name when they are ordained. Take, for example, the Pope, Francis. That's not his name, it's a name that he uses in his office of Pope. She continues to use it in later movies, even though she isn't the queen any more, because she still has the quality of being a former queen, much like Pope Benedict didn't go back to using Joseph after he stepped down as Pope, and like former president are still referred to as President.It's not an exact comparison, but you get the idea.
Why did monarchs and popes struggle with each other for control of society?
Many believed that's what God wanted.
How accurate is South Park's portrayal of Mormons?
There’s an extant body of answers found in:How did Mormons react to the South Park episode about Mormons?What inaccuracies and omissions do Mormons see in the South Park episode on Mormonism?What do Mormons think of South Park?One would do well to read them, as well as some of the questions about The Book of Mormon Musical, by the same authors, because most of the same answers apply. (Actually South Park is far kinder to churches than the blackfaced Book of Mormon Musical.)Overall, South Park is made by people who grew up with a “just enough to be dangerous” knowledge of the Church of Jesus Christ. They were in Colorado, which is right next to Utah—they knew Mormons in school, they dated Mormons, they probably thought they knew what we believe. But that does not mean they actually know anything about the actual theology. They just know enough to make fun of how clean-cut and Stepford-level happy we are and how they heard something once about caffeine. They know enough that they can google trash-talk about Mormons and kinda’ get more of the jokes than most people, but not enough to see past the tricks.Anyway, so the Mormons episode was, overall, pretty good in terms of gist; we certainly thought it was funnier than you did; but all of the smoking guns it presents are comically inaccurate and easily explained by any member of said church. In fact, every one of those have become individual Quora questions! Other episodes that mention Mormons pretty much used us as religious stand-ins, as a peculiar people who lived their integrity: having Joseph Smith as a superhero to fight MechaBarbaraStreisand is genius and flattering; having Peter at the Pearly Gates tell all the righteous of the world that they’re all going to hell for not choosing the right team is brilliant.But it’s a little like when you see Americans portrayed in foreign films—you think it’s hilarious and brilliant, but you’re also a little saddened and dumbfounded that some people actually believe that stuff about us!
"A Freudian slip is when you say one thing, but mean your mother." How would one elaborate on this?
A Freudian slip is when you want to say one thing but at that very moment, your unconscious mind takes over and you end up saying something different. It is considered to be a verbal or memory mistake. It is called Freudian, obviously, because he was the first person to notice and analyse it and talk about it in detail in his 1901 book ‘Psychopathology of everyday life.’Here are a few examples yhat would clear things for you-During a Vatican sermon in 2014, Pope Francis accidentally used the Italian word "cazzo" (which translates to "F***) instead of "caso" (which means "example"). The Pope quickly corrected himself, but not before the slip posted on dozens of websites, blogs, and YouTube videos.During a televised speech on education, Senator Ted Kennedy meant to say that "Our national interest ought to be to encourage the best and brightest." Instead, Kennedy accidentally said breast - his hands even cupping the air as he said the word. While he quickly corrected his gaffe and continued, the slip of the tongue seemed revealing considering his hand gestures and the family's reputation for womanizing.At a Washington D.C. dinner party, Condoleezza Rice, then National Security Advisor to President Bush stated, “As I was telling my husb—as I was telling President Bush.” The Freudian slip seemed to reveal perhaps some hidden feelings the unmarried Rice might hold toward her boss.When actress Amanda Seyfried appeared on the Today show to promote the film Ted 2, announcer Willie Geist accidentally described her as "titsy" rather than "ditzy." Besides simply being an amusing slip, the comment perhaps revealed what was really on his mind.