Addressing such strikingly current issues as "the gender debate," anti-semitism, and government/political action in general, the Monty Python crew's hilariously ironic and unforgiving take on modern religious ignorance and bloodthirsty "civilized" human tribalism is not to be missed!
After watching an old interview from British TV where a church pastor tells John Cleese his film is "tenth rate," and an insult to the true "gospel story" of christianity, I had to watch myself.
The interview I reference can be seen here:
Cleese and his co-creators maintained that the film was designed to make people laugh, think, and to poke fun at religion and blind followers of such belief systems.
After watching, I can confidently say that in my opinion, it is one of the most brilliant films ever made.
Let's examine how the film, released in 1979, seemed to uncannily predict the raging "scandalous" debates that are dividing the MSM/Facebook-false-dichotomy-bi-partisan consumer society even now in 2018.
The gender debate.
Check out the following clip from the film:
I was blown away when this scene came up in the film. Who could have guessed that the societal division and political correctness the actors are poking fun at in this scene would end up inflated to the proportions they are today.
The ignorance of "blind faith."
A perfect example of how the messages of so many wise souls get mixed up and then turned into religious dogma by stupid people:
IT'S A SHOE!!!
NO! IT IS A SANDAL!!!
People pretend to care and be so serious and loving, but the most "religious" are usually phonies who will desert you in the end.
This is the scene where Brian's "best friends" and league of fellow Jewish revolutionaries finally take action to save him after being scolded by Judith, another member, for being all talk. They rush out to the crucifix to "save him," and this is how they do it:
For those interested, the full film can be viewed here.
I highly recommend it.
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~KafkA
Graham Smith is a Voluntaryist activist, creator, and peaceful parent residing in Niigata City, Japan. Graham runs the "Voluntary Japan" online initiative with a presence here on Steem, as well as DTube and Twitter. (Hit me up so I can stop talking about myself in the third person!)