Cunningham) published in December 1947.In fact, the film""s story has often been interpreted as a morality play or parable, or as a metaphor for the threatened Hollywood blacklisted artists (one of whom was screenwriter Foreman) who faced political persecution from the HUAC during the McCarthy era due to actual or imagined connections to the Communist Party, and made life-altering decisions to stand their ground and defend moral principles according o their consciences." DeMille first stated how the Biblical account of Moses had not provided any detail of the earliest three decades of Moses"" life, forcing the film""s scripters to turn to other non-canonical sources, including ancient historians, such as Philo and Josephus, and Midrash writings (a collection of ancient Rabbinic interpretations of scripture).Bilbo was knocked unconscious by the butt of a weapon.Legolas assisted Thorin by slaying many Orcs with his bow and arrows from the tower""s vantage point.When Kili came to Tauriel""s defense against Bolg who had tossed her into a rock wall and pushed her aside, she watched as he was stabbed hrough the heart with Bolg""s mace.I""m your new catcher, and you just gotLesson Number One.Don""t think.It can only hurt the ball club."[Note: The bar""s back door with a broken window was now open, although no one had entered or exited." Krull added: "It is where Semos will return." Ari speculated that the creation story was probably a fairy tale or metaphor: "I doubt if there ever really was a Semos.