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Judas kiss

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a deceitful and treacherous kiss.
an act appearing to be an act of friendship, which is in fact harmful to the recipient.

See also: Judas Judas



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As in so many of Graham Greene's best stories, Maurice Bendrix (Ralph Fiennes) is a man on the edge of betrayal, and the Judas kiss he is about to deliver is, he believes, in payment for the most devastating sort of treason--a shattered heart.
Like many of Hare's plays, The Judas Kiss portrays an independent thinker made vulnerable to unsavory political choices.
 
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