The story you wish was told sounds suspiciously like the actual biography of John Paul II. I mean, it was Poland, rather than Kabul. But it was Poland during THAT period of history.
Oh, I don't know about that. But I know he joined the priesthood in secret in occupied Poland, and ministered charitable care to the people under unimaginable conditions (including saving the lives of several Polish Jews).
I don't know much about what happened between the war and his election to the papacy.
Oh Spencer, tisk tisk tisk...when you say "Not at the idea that the pope might be intersex, but at the notion that this might pose some great conundrum for the Catholic Church", I have to humbly remind you that it's not that intersexed priests would necessarily cause a problem within the Catholic church, but rather that the left's exercise in trying to convince us that ambiguously sexed people are exactly the same as intersexed. That every man that wears a dress to the board meeting or every girl who grows a hormone assisted mustachio, chews tobacco, and insists we call her him, is afflicted by a documented medical condition called "intersex", the frequency of which, among the general population is somewhere just this side of zero. And, speaking as a Catholic, I do believe the latter of these examples could, indeed, be an conundrum for the Catholic church. Excuse my manners but some dikey chick in purple vestments giving my grandmother communion is not the word picture I'd like to contemplate this sunday. It does, however, make for a good SNL skit that I'd have no objection to...
Spot on, Spencer. I finally got around to watching this recently and was just waiting for the inevitable postmodern leftist moralizing to hit me over the head like a frying pan. It wasn’t as blunt or predictable as I’d expected.
They did a good job with nuance and narrative texture, and — to me, at least — were clear-eyed about the reality of the institutional Church. It didn’t feel like anything had actually been resolved in the end. I wanted to keep watching to see how such a papacy would play out. To over analyze a bit: Disruption, inversion, and uncertainty are, of course, the point of Queer Theory. If the film was made in that grim spirit of the age, it probably has no interest in/active hostility toward the very concept of truth claims and the ability of institutions to transmit them.
The sets and costumes were fabulous. Aesthetic (and liturgical) excellence is often the remit of the homosexual. Queer Theory is about something else entirely.
I wonder if Hollywood is capable of making a movie that promotes the sunnum bonum of Aquinas or Aristotelian virtue ethics? Not necessarily something that is nakedly Christian, but something that promotes the “Good” of society.
I’m not sure I agree. The desire to seek the good, while inborn in all humans does require some consistent mental exercise to make it a habit. I’m not sure what most movies guiding lights are these days, and maybe there isn’t a coherent message among so many actors. I guess we could also be defining Hollywood differently too. I suspect that The Resurrection of the Christ will be rooted in virtue, and that will be part and parcel of Hollywood, if not the mainstream.
The story you wish was told sounds suspiciously like the actual biography of John Paul II. I mean, it was Poland, rather than Kabul. But it was Poland during THAT period of history.
Interesting point! Was he unknown before his election too? I'm afraid I don't know his biography too well.
Oh, I don't know about that. But I know he joined the priesthood in secret in occupied Poland, and ministered charitable care to the people under unimaginable conditions (including saving the lives of several Polish Jews).
I don't know much about what happened between the war and his election to the papacy.
Oh Spencer, tisk tisk tisk...when you say "Not at the idea that the pope might be intersex, but at the notion that this might pose some great conundrum for the Catholic Church", I have to humbly remind you that it's not that intersexed priests would necessarily cause a problem within the Catholic church, but rather that the left's exercise in trying to convince us that ambiguously sexed people are exactly the same as intersexed. That every man that wears a dress to the board meeting or every girl who grows a hormone assisted mustachio, chews tobacco, and insists we call her him, is afflicted by a documented medical condition called "intersex", the frequency of which, among the general population is somewhere just this side of zero. And, speaking as a Catholic, I do believe the latter of these examples could, indeed, be an conundrum for the Catholic church. Excuse my manners but some dikey chick in purple vestments giving my grandmother communion is not the word picture I'd like to contemplate this sunday. It does, however, make for a good SNL skit that I'd have no objection to...
Spot on, Spencer. I finally got around to watching this recently and was just waiting for the inevitable postmodern leftist moralizing to hit me over the head like a frying pan. It wasn’t as blunt or predictable as I’d expected.
They did a good job with nuance and narrative texture, and — to me, at least — were clear-eyed about the reality of the institutional Church. It didn’t feel like anything had actually been resolved in the end. I wanted to keep watching to see how such a papacy would play out. To over analyze a bit: Disruption, inversion, and uncertainty are, of course, the point of Queer Theory. If the film was made in that grim spirit of the age, it probably has no interest in/active hostility toward the very concept of truth claims and the ability of institutions to transmit them.
The sets and costumes were fabulous. Aesthetic (and liturgical) excellence is often the remit of the homosexual. Queer Theory is about something else entirely.
I wonder if Hollywood is capable of making a movie that promotes the sunnum bonum of Aquinas or Aristotelian virtue ethics? Not necessarily something that is nakedly Christian, but something that promotes the “Good” of society.
Capable? Sure. And the mood is so different in the country these days that we may see some shocking trend shifts next few years.
I’m not sure I agree. The desire to seek the good, while inborn in all humans does require some consistent mental exercise to make it a habit. I’m not sure what most movies guiding lights are these days, and maybe there isn’t a coherent message among so many actors. I guess we could also be defining Hollywood differently too. I suspect that The Resurrection of the Christ will be rooted in virtue, and that will be part and parcel of Hollywood, if not the mainstream.