last night my girlfriend and i went to a very large church and watched Jesus get beat up and murdered for nine dollars a ticket.
which brings up a question.
what good are passion plays?
seriously.
other than showing the community that you are good at whipping skinny people with beards and setting stuff on fire, what impact does it have?
the story- which is a good one regardless of any religious views you may have (betrayel, murder, hot girls in bathrobes)- is totally glossed over, becoming nothing but a "best of" montage squeezed together with a three minute christian pop song.
the crucial tenents of christianity are ignored.
i had the same complaint with our good buddy mel's movie last spring.
the way Jesus died is not nearly as important as the way he lived.
the play i saw last night didnt even contain any dialogue from Jesus at all.
but man he died good.
satan emerged from a hell which eerily resembled some kind of eighties gay bar (all purple, with a bunch of shirtless "demons" gyrating to horrible music.) and totally kicked Jesus' butt. only to be defeated a few minutes later by a light that shined behind a rock.
where am i going with this?
yeah, i dont remember.
but i just felt like a shakespeare scholar going to see "ten things i hate about you".
i guess i should just appreciate the fact that
A. the story is still being told, even if it does like detail, finesse, and historical context
and
B. i didnt get burned by pyrotechnics.
oh, and shouldnt they sell falafalls or something during the show?
that would be neat.
11:48 a.m. - 2005-03-25
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