I have never seen Elia Kazan's black-woman-passing-for-white drama PINKY but I did recently see Kazan's WASP pretending to be Jewish drama GENTLEMEN'S AGREEMENT. Protestant Ivy-League type Gregory Peck is a magazine reporter who tells people he is Jewish in order to feel what it's like to be discriminated against. Though clearly well intentioned, the movie seems a bit phoney even by 1947 standards (though it won the Best Picture Oscar). By 1994 standards the movie is laughable. Indeed, I enjoyed it mostly for reasons the filmmmakers never intended (Gregory Peck's pompous acting not least among them). It is interesting to note the condescending attitude Kazan takes toward Jews even though he was Jewish himself. The basic message of the movie is that bigotry is wrong but a clear secondary message is that Jews are OK as long as they are fully assimilated into the predominant culture. A recent movie called SCHOOL TIES is a variation on GENTLEMEN'S AGREEMENT Mary Kalfatovic