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(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'.
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(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.
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