March 9, 2013

  • My mother and step father were married 50 years ago today.

    A dear friend of mine lost her dad to cancer. He died about 1:30 yesterday morning.

    I watched Tuesdays With Morrie, yesterday afternoon. I'm now re-reading the book.

    Roma Downey and hubby Mark Burnett are going to rake in the big bucks with thir presentation of the bible. They looked for the perfect guy to play Jesus. Why not just get the real Jesus. He's alive, according to many. He's due back, according to many. What a coup if he came back now!

    Ain't gonna happen. What's going to happen is a slick production to perpetuate myth. Cute dogs sell us tacos. Lizards and pigs sell us insurance. If you get Cox in your area, an immature father in a dysfunctional family tries to convince people to sign up for the only cable group in town. And once again, a sexy male figure in movie will try to keep Christian myth alive. Oh for the days of Tab Hunter, shaved armpits and all, the all-American pretty boy Jesus.

    Can't Roma and Mark at least make this a 3D movie? Jesus popping off the cross, or all those fantastic  fantasy images from the Book of Revelation  looking like the flying monkeys from the Wizard of Oz,  only in 3D. Too man Messaianic characters are dead, Jim Jones, David Karesh and others. Charles Manson is still alive. Why not let him get the role? Sure, he's old, but Jesus is now the 2,000 year old man, so Manson at 78, with a wild-eyed demeanor, might be able to pull it off.