. . . to blather for ten minutes about a "world record" shiny "priceless" diamond without once addressing the elephant stomping on Cupid's throat. You can watch THE STORY OF THE JONKER DIAMOND frame-by-frame with captioning--or backwards--and never hear a syllable of useful information about the mobsters running the World Diamond Cartel (WDC). In 1900, diamonds were so common that they sold for about a dime a karat, and NO prospective bride would consider dignifying one as a gem stone worthy of ANY finger! Then a bunch of Boer gangsters stole, filched or bought up the entire world diamond supply for pennies a karat, filling many cathedral-sized caverns floor to vaulted ceiling with these formerly worthless baubles. Next the WDC jacked up prices by a factor of a million, as well as hiring the planet's top propaganda firms to churn out misinformation about diamond "scarcity," myths about unheard of engagement "traditions," and nefarious jingles (such as "Diamonds are a girl's best friend"). Preying upon the Achilles hearts of the "weaker sex," the WDC bamboozled new generations of dames that "ice" and wedding had always gone together like rice and pudding. No doubt the WDC fraudsters gave the Billionaire Boys' Club Studio a nice chunk of change to hoodwink a gullible U.S. distaff population with THE STORY OF THE JONKER DIAMOND!
Review of The Story of 'The Jonker Diamond'
