Monty Python in Aberystwyth Page #3
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- 2009
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That's where they got it
completely wrong.
We had been thoughtful about it
because we'd read up
The film was based on things that
we'd read about the period.
There was Messiah fever in Judea
at the time,
so lots of people were being
mistaken for Messiahs.
I'm not the Messiah.
I say you are, Lord, and I should
know - I've followed a few.
All you've done is to make a lot of
people on a cross
singing a music hall song.
I mean, it's so disgusting,
when you think of it.
You keep making the assumption
that we are ridiculing Christ
and Christ's teaching.
And I say that we are not.
The message is...
What are the words?
"Work it out for yourself."
Don't let anyone tell you
what to do.
I thought, yes, this is what I
would've said about religion
or people's beliefs that are a bit,
to me, misguided or...
Again, there's the spirit
of what religion's about
or belief's about,
and there's these awful things
that are put on top of it that have
nothing to do with love, compassion
So I felt, yes, right on!
I kind of went with the whole of it.
But many people did not share
Sue's view of the film.
Today, it seems odd a movie could be
so contentious.
But why did The Life Of Brian
and its subject matter
rankle so many people?
It's very difficult for
a non-Christian to understand
how a Christian would respond to
a film like that.
It clearly was going to be offensive
to Christians.
A Christian has a relationship
with the Lord Jesus Christ
and it's a bit like if
you had your husband and your wife
scandalously treated in the media,
and everybody was encouraged
to laugh at that.
And more than that, you were told
you should be laughing as well,
that you were a narrow-minded bigot
if you didn't.
That gets across how Christians
would feel about it.
I don't think it's personal offence
so much as concern about
the bigger picture.
into using the iconography.
That's very much the case.
It took the crosses on the hill,
the desert, the camels.
That's why people get upset.
Childhood images are disrupted
and made fun of them.
That's profound violation
to a lot of people.
Beyond their reasoning, almost. It's
a gut instinct that says it's wrong.
Even though you can argue
the pros and cons of the film,
you can't argue with
a genuine reaction.
In fact, so many at the time
took offence,
it forced some authorities into
taking drastic measures
to prevent The Life Of Brian
from being shown.
In extraordinary circumstances,
11 town councils across the country
chose to ban the film.
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