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Not So Different has been renamed, and it needs to be dewicked/moved


* NotSoDifferent: Mediaeval superstition about witches and demons is compared to then-modern views on mental illness.
* OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions: The film notes that we no longer believe heavenly bodies move in spheres and we don't cower before frescoes of devils--but see NotSoDifferent above.

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* NotSoDifferent: NotSoDifferentRemark: Mediaeval superstition about witches and demons is compared to then-modern views on mental illness.
* OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions: The film notes that we no longer believe heavenly bodies move in spheres and we don't cower before frescoes of devils--but see NotSoDifferent above.devils.
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* ScienceMarchesOn: In the last part of the movie, mediaeval superstition about witches and demons is compared to hysteria, which was a medical diagnosis at the time, but today is seen as a collection of several mental deseases and other behaviours which were not considered normal for women back in those days.
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* ScienceMarchesOn: In the last part of the movie, mediaeval superstition about witches and demons is compared to hysteria, which was a medical diagnosis at the time, but today is seen as a collection of several mental deseases and other behaviours which were not considered normal for women back in those days.
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* CrossCulturalKerfluffle: The ending title card to this deadly serious docudrama. Amusingly, the Danish for "TheEnd" is "Slut".

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* CrossCulturalKerfluffle: The ending title card to this deadly serious docudrama. Amusingly, the Danish Swedish for "TheEnd" is "Slut".

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* CrossCulturalKerfluffle: The ending title card to this deadly serious docudrama. Amusingly, the Danish for "TheEnd" is "Slut".



* TheEnd: Amusingly, the Danish for "THE END" is "SLUT".
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''Häxan'' (international title: ''Witchcraft Through the Ages''), directed by Benjamin Christensen, is a 1922 Swedish/Danish movie often noted as either one of the first modern documentaries, an early horror movie, or one of the first {{exploitation film}}s.

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''Häxan'' ''Häxan''[[labelnote:Translation]]"The Witch"[[/labelnote]] (international title: ''Witchcraft Through the Ages''), directed by Benjamin Christensen, is a 1922 Swedish/Danish movie often noted as either one of the first modern documentaries, an early horror movie, or one of the first {{exploitation film}}s.

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