XD Okay, go read this play somewhere... You'll find it interesting, at least. I think it's fantastic, I think the structure of it is very very very interesting and it's very well-crafted, and I think the message is extremely pro-Christian (and anti-intolerance) and as my teacher pointed out, it's not like it's going to win over any new thinkers or persuade anyone to really change their point of view, it's very much preaching to the converted as it were, but dramatically it's still an interesting play and it's got its humor, too. Actually, my homework this week is to find the Christian protestors' point of view on it, which includes such tidbits as "he play, by homosexual writer Terrence McNally, presents Jesus as a hard-drinking, promiscuous, swearing homosexual who is crucified for being 'King of the Queers' after being betrayed by Judas, who is cast as his lover. "
"I could hardly believe how offensive, insulting, crass and disgusting it was as well."
"But offending me is one thing. Offending Almighty God is quite another."
God gets pissed when boys kiss boys. WATCH OUT, SAGRAMORE.
"The play portrays Jesus (Joshua in the play) as a promiscuous homosexual, in more ways than I really want to go into just now. "
OH PLEASE DO.
"Which brings me to the actors themselves. They cannot distance themselves from the characters they have played or from the play itself, and the stain of the sin of blasphemy clings to all of them."
Damn. If that's what happens when you act, I'm black, blonde, 5 years old, 50, a bird, a panther, a man, a witch, and fo shizzle am I a sinner, cause writing plays about serenely perfect people is pretty pointless.
"The fact is, this is a play which was written, not out of love as is claimed, but out of blind, ignorant, obsessive hatred for the Christian faith in general and its condemnation of homosexual activity very much in particular."
HAHAHA. That's such a lie.
It's the least hateful play you can imagine. It is, in fact, in my mind, a remarkably well-balanced mixture of what many would indeed find offensive (besides Teh Gay there's use of foul language and a couple of the Christ character's miracles don't work, which I find the oddest thing in the world for these people to harp on, but this guy totally does, like as much as he does about the Virgin Mary being a lush, which, REALLY? get your priorities straight y'all) and this very very -- positive message of love and tolerance and the idea that we are all God's children, that we are all loved and deserving of love.
And speaking as a non-Christian, I would like to believe that there is no message more Christian than that.
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"I could hardly believe how offensive, insulting, crass and disgusting it was as well."
"But offending me is one thing. Offending Almighty God is quite another."
God gets pissed when boys kiss boys. WATCH OUT, SAGRAMORE.
"The play portrays Jesus (Joshua in the play) as a promiscuous homosexual, in more ways than I really want to go into just now. "
OH PLEASE DO.
"Which brings me to the actors themselves. They cannot distance themselves from the characters they have played or from the play itself, and the stain of the sin of blasphemy clings to all of them."
Damn. If that's what happens when you act, I'm black, blonde, 5 years old, 50, a bird, a panther, a man, a witch, and fo shizzle am I a sinner, cause writing plays about serenely perfect people is pretty pointless.
"The fact is, this is a play which was written, not out of love as is claimed, but out of blind, ignorant, obsessive hatred for the Christian faith in general and its condemnation of homosexual activity very much in particular."
HAHAHA. That's such a lie.
It's the least hateful play you can imagine. It is, in fact, in my mind, a remarkably well-balanced mixture of what many would indeed find offensive (besides Teh Gay there's use of foul language and a couple of the Christ character's miracles don't work, which I find the oddest thing in the world for these people to harp on, but this guy totally does, like as much as he does about the Virgin Mary being a lush, which, REALLY? get your priorities straight y'all) and this very very -- positive message of love and tolerance and the idea that we are all God's children, that we are all loved and deserving of love.
And speaking as a non-Christian, I would like to believe that there is no message more Christian than that.