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Life of Brian to Politics

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#1
great_cthuhloz
Sep 12, 2008 12:31:50 Sue Jones-Davis, who played Judith in Monty Python film "Life of Brian" is now mayor of the welsh town of Aberystwith. Good for her

However, the former actress then discovered, that in a bizzare twist, a 30 year old local by-law banned her one big-hit film from being shown in the town she is now mayor of - on grounds of blasphemy

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/mid/7530542.stm

She is trying to get the ban lifted. But, the fact that the film, regularly shown on British TV, available in every video store and on countless DVD's arround the world, is still banned in a small welsh mining town

so much for it being the 21st century!
#2
ADHadh
Sep 12, 2008 13:17:08 This movie doesn't make fun of Jesus. It makes fun of those people, who were outraged by Passion for being so brutal. Yeah, I know Life of Brian was earlier, but portraying crossing as not a big deal was even earlier.
#3
shorinjikan
Sep 12, 2008 13:21:23 A relic of a backwards age.
#4
kursk
Sep 12, 2008 15:38:23
She is trying to get the ban lifted. But, the fact that the film, regularly shown on British TV, available in every video store and on countless DVD's arround the world, is still banned in a small welsh mining town

so much for it being the 21st century!

They should look into getting a Bill of Rights over there.
#5
The_White_Sorcerer
Sep 12, 2008 23:20:57 As a Christian, I don't see how the movie is blasphemous. Brian is not Jesus. Jesus is actually in the movie, up to his usual Chirsty antics. Nothing mocking about it.

Unless it's because they said Jehovah.

*gets hit by a stone thrown by a hasty woman in a fake beard*
#6
Dralenan
Sep 12, 2008 23:37:16 Is it a surprise that a movie that makes fun of fanaticism is boycotted and banned by zealots? Anyone who has actually seen the movie, or has a sense of humor knows the movie didn't blaspheme Jesus himself, or portray him in anything but a positive light (for the whole minute he actually appears in the film), but has a lot to say about people who don't think for themselves.
#7
goblin_pride
Nov 09, 2008 9:32:59 This Gem was on page 7 right under a closed political thread.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 great_cthuhloz Sep 12, 2008 12:31:50	Sue Jones-Davis, who played Judith in Monty Python film "Life of Brian" is now mayor of the welsh town of Aberystwith. Good for her However, the former actress then discovered, that in a bizzare twist, a 30 year old local by-law banned her one big-hit film from being shown in the town she is now mayor of - on grounds of blasphemy http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/mid/7530542.stm She is trying to get the ban lifted. But, the fact that the film, regularly shown on British TV, available in every video store and on countless DVD's arround the world, is still banned in a small welsh mining town so much for it being the 21st century!
#2 ADHadh Sep 12, 2008 13:17:08	This movie doesn't make fun of Jesus. It makes fun of those people, who were outraged by Passion for being so brutal. Yeah, I know Life of Brian was earlier, but portraying crossing as not a big deal was even earlier.
#3 shorinjikan Sep 12, 2008 13:21:23	A relic of a backwards age.
#4 kursk Sep 12, 2008 15:38:23	She is trying to get the ban lifted. But, the fact that the film, regularly shown on British TV, available in every video store and on countless DVD's arround the world, is still banned in a small welsh mining town so much for it being the 21st century! They should look into getting a Bill of Rights over there.
#5 The_White_Sorcerer Sep 12, 2008 23:20:57	As a Christian, I don't see how the movie is blasphemous. Brian is not Jesus. Jesus is actually in the movie, up to his usual Chirsty antics. Nothing mocking about it. Unless it's because they said Jehovah. gets hit by a stone thrown by a hasty woman in a fake beard
#6 Dralenan Sep 12, 2008 23:37:16	Is it a surprise that a movie that makes fun of fanaticism is boycotted and banned by zealots? Anyone who has actually seen the movie, or has a sense of humor knows the movie didn't blaspheme Jesus himself, or portray him in anything but a positive light (for the whole minute he actually appears in the film), but has a lot to say about people who don't think for themselves.
#7 goblin_pride Nov 09, 2008 9:32:59	This Gem was on page 7 right under a closed political thread.