Subj : Re: The Secret Life of Brian To : admin From : Captain Ozone Date : Thu Jan 04 2007 09:00 am From: "Captain Ozone" MIne eyes have seen the glory of these words from *admin@ng2000.com*: > channel4.com/culture/microsites/C/can_you_believe_it/debates/brian.html > > (Channel 4) Monty Python's seminal comedy Life of Brian , made in 1979, > is one of the most controversial films ever produced. This Channel 4 > documentary examines how the movie caused a global furor amongst > religious groups, who saw it as blasphemous, disgusting and 'made in > hell'. > > === > Top 10 Monty Python News Stories: > http://www.ng2000.com/fw.php?tp=monty-python At the time of the release of "LOB", I was what one might call a holy-roller, evangelical, fundamentalist, etc., whatever...(I've dialed it down a bit since then.) I saw this movie, ignoring the idiocy of those who had not, got the "joke", and laughed my glutes off. I even gave them points for being somewhat historically and politically accurate in that, at the time of Jesus' appearance, the Hebrews were desperately hoping for the coming of a /political/ Messiah (to relieve them from Roman oppression) and anyone who came with a message of hope of deliverance was met with (for the most part) undue adulation. When Brian is mistaken for such a messiah by these desperate adherents ("a sign, a sign from the Lord!"), the joke gets rolling, and in my not-so-humble opinion, there is nothing egregiously blasphemous, sacreligious or otherwise about this movie. OK, maybe the part where (one of ) Cleese's character says, "How shall we f*** off, O Lord?", and another where we get the full Monty (har!) from Chapman at the window.....but /really/, some people *must* lighten up. -- The *Original* Captain Ozone ....and I approved this message. --- BBBS/NT v4.01 Flag-5 * Origin: FidoNet MONTE <--> alt.fan.monty-python (1:379/45) .