I remember going to see The Last Temptation of Christ in downtown Chicago with my sister and mom a few months after it had opened, and there was one lone protester in front of the theater. I felt sorry for him in a way.
Gunn: You saying popping mama threw you a beating? Lorne: Kid Vicious did the heavy lifting. Cordy just mwah-ha-ha'd at us.
'Underneath'
Natter 53: We could just avoid making tortured puns
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Kathy A - Sep 05, 2007 12:51:58 pm PDT #8580 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
beekaytee - Sep 05, 2007 12:54:53 pm PDT #8581 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
I remember thinking at the time that Scorcese inviting religious leaders to preview The Last Temptation was a stroke of genius. Much as I love that movie...and I still do...it really would not have been much of a draw without the controversy. Of course, it worked for The Passion in the opposite direction and ensured that I'll never personally lay eyes on it.
Jesse - Sep 05, 2007 12:55:56 pm PDT #8582 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm pretty sure I saw Last Temptation with my church youth group.
Toddson - Sep 05, 2007 12:58:49 pm PDT #8583 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Which church? Unitarian, by any chance?
Daisy Jane - Sep 05, 2007 1:02:36 pm PDT #8584 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I've seen Natural Born Killers, JFK, F 9/11, Birth of a Nation and Clockwork Orange.
Of those, I only really think NBK and F 9/11 are that controversial. BoaN's message and plot are absolutely abhorrent, but I don't think there's any controversy about that. In school it was introduced as one of those things like Gone With the Wind that are important for whatever scholarly or technical reason, but otherwise pretty crap.
beekaytee - Sep 05, 2007 1:04:10 pm PDT #8585 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
NBK
The one I have not seen and know very little about except for the stars and director.
sarameg - Sep 05, 2007 1:16:04 pm PDT #8586 of 10001
Fried. Completely fried. Send brain. And some confidence too. I'm dealing with a lot of silent walls.
§ ita § - Sep 05, 2007 1:18:25 pm PDT #8587 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think that A Clockwork Orange being banned in the UK until the 21st century counts for a bit of controversy. But I'm biased, since I love the darned thing. In fact, it's where I first heard "Singing In The Rain," and it's now a happy-go-kicky-people-in-the-face song for me. I understand it's happy for others, but why kick a puddle when you can kick a person?
sarameg - Sep 05, 2007 1:29:24 pm PDT #8588 of 10001
Vortex - Sep 05, 2007 1:36:29 pm PDT #8589 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Isn't that DC's bailiwick?
COPYCAT! Baltimore's a copycat, Baltimore's a copycat