Monday, June 1, 2009
Religion The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch
Posted by Dan Savage on Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 11:47 AM
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"That with it, thou may blow thine enemies into tiny bits... In thy mercy."
I love Python! I still can't decide if I like Holy Grail better or Life of Brian better.
I love Python! I still can't decide if I like Holy Grail better or Life of Brian better.
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Watching this in the context of Tiller's murder is making me cry-laugh-cry-I-need-a-nap almost as much as Up did.
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@8: LOL!
Brian was - and remains - more subversive.
I'll grant that the ending of Grail is genius, though. It's no small feat to be that post-modern in a mainstream movie in 1975.
Brian was - and remains - more subversive.
I'll grant that the ending of Grail is genius, though. It's no small feat to be that post-modern in a mainstream movie in 1975.
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@4: Is there some sort of epidemic of sleep deprivation going on around here? Let's see so far there's: you, me, Dan, Megan, Mr. Poe, and I know that I'm missing others who have been a bit on the lack of sleep side of things.
@3: I agree that it is hard to decide between the two. I'll always have a soft spot for Life of Brian for the scene with the Latin lesson (Romans go home - and the shout out to the dative and accusative cases and declension in general) - and of course "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life".
But I probably quote Grail more - at least in daily usage, etc.
@3: I agree that it is hard to decide between the two. I'll always have a soft spot for Life of Brian for the scene with the Latin lesson (Romans go home - and the shout out to the dative and accusative cases and declension in general) - and of course "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life".
But I probably quote Grail more - at least in daily usage, etc.
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I think Brian was more subversive, as BABH @9 said, and the humor was more satirical; whereas, the humor in Grail was more silly.
Not 100% in either case - the alien spaceship scene in Brian was definitely silly humor, while the Castle Anthrax and the peasant "violence inherent in the system" scenes were more satire.
But I think I probably like them both equally, for different reasons.
Not 100% in either case - the alien spaceship scene in Brian was definitely silly humor, while the Castle Anthrax and the peasant "violence inherent in the system" scenes were more satire.
But I think I probably like them both equally, for different reasons.
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