Subj : Re: Sue Jones-Davies To : Reverend Ozone From : Reverend Ozone Date : Wed Jul 30 2008 11:24 am From: "Reverend Ozone" For reasons known only to Him, *Analda Anglin* typed: > Erik D Larsen wrote: > >> I was just tipped off to this by a post in uk.media.tv.misc. Sue >> Jones-Davies (Judith in LoB) is now the mayor of Aberystwyth, Wales - >> and is trying to overturn her town's ban on showings of "Brian", >> still in effect almost 30 years later! >> >> news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/mid/7514423.stm > Hello Erik! Your post is timely. Just the other day, someone I knew > was telling me how much he enjoyed Monty Python films but then remarked > that he can't watch Life of Brian due to his personal beliefs. I was > quite surprised those attitudes still existing in the face of today's > movie and television offerings. When "LOB" came out, I was quite the "Holy Roller" but still enjoyed the movie as I "got" the joke. Actually, it's fairly historically accurate, as the times were calling for a messiah of some sort, political or otherwise. Brian's "disciples" just got it wrong, that's all. Nothing offensive at all about it, really. Well, /maybe/ the "Full Monty" shot..... -- Reverend Ozone "Non illegitimi carborundum est" --- NewsGate v1.0 gamma 2 * Origin: News Gate @ Net396 - Meridian, MS - USA (1:396/4) .