The more dominant trend was to develop self - contained Jewish communities which existed like islands in a sea of alien culture. (religion-online.org)
But it certainly succeeds in portraying a vastly different, very alien culture. (wolfsgamingblog.com)
There's a road map to saving ourselves in Happy Feet and it has something to do with revelling in difference rather than being repelled by it — of rolling ourselves up in alien culture so that a common language is rooted out. (filmfreakcentral.net)