Life
of Brian
(1979)
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- Themes
- Crucifixion
- As Brian is equipped with a cross and moved along
the Via Dolorosa, he cannot get anyone to understand that he is not
Jesus. In addition, he has been pardoned by the Roman governor, but
the messenger sent to his jailers cannot deliver the news because he
has a speech defect. On the cross, a committee makes a perfunctory
attempt at rescuing him and then calls it a day. The scene evokes
complete abandonment, and is eerily faithful to the isolation and
abandonment of Jesus on his parallel cross. (Used for a judicatory
staff that was experiencing extreme stress during restructuring.)
(submitted by Matt McCaffrey)
- Healing/Healers
- The leper who has been cleansed (by Jesus) is still
sitting with the lepers, begging. He's "not quite well"
and is still in need of assistance. (An interesting commentary on
our own desire to be made whole.)
- Sectarianism/Dissention
- The people who follow Brian begin at once to divide
themselves. "We are the people of the gourd. We are the people
who wear one sandal."
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