tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020370.post115462259498395766..comments2024-03-25T02:14:50.507-07:00Comments on Church of the Masses: Little Miss Crass and VulgarWGA Memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03320709129586221521noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020370.post-1167963782415404032007-01-04T18:23:00.000-08:002007-01-04T18:23:00.000-08:00I think you're wrong. I don't believe in God but t...I think you're wrong. I don't believe in God but that isn't the reason for my discord.<BR/>Perhaps, the grandfather is vulgar and ordinary, but, is just a (real/ possible) humorous character. He lives with the thought of a young person. It is opposed to which it would have to be. I believe that you find him so vulgar and outside site by your religion that it prevents you to see what really it is or you see beyond which there is. On the other hand, I don't understand why pregnancies and abortions are mixed in that issue. For the Christian moral, sex is taboo and reserved for the marriage but there is people who choose another way to live her sexuality and it's respectable and, coverall, it is not an attack to your moral: it is them right.<BR/>Finally, I believe that you did not understand final striptease. It does not look for sexuality or sensuality in the girl: she demonstrates that she's different from the rest and that she does not follow the conventions that the other children do. I understand that to teach undress- to a girl it would be perverse but, isn't it to educate them to be pretty, good cooks...? Is not bad to teach them to be ' perfect women' according to the roll that the society has given them? That streptease is not more than a critic to the beauty and talent aids, a critic to "which would have to be".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020370.post-1163171415462521442006-11-10T07:10:00.000-08:002006-11-10T07:10:00.000-08:00I agree with much of what you said. When the gran...I agree with much of what you said. When the grandfather was saying "have lots of sex" I wanted to stand up and yell, "so you'll get lots of sexually transmitted diseases, so you'll get lots of women pregnant and they'll have abortions or be single mothers, so you will always want sex with a lot of people and never be able to commit to one woman and commit adultry if you ever do marry".<BR/><BR/>I did, however, just love the scenes with the van, everyone running and jumping to get in. And I don't think the film was all about ridicule. I liked the characters, I wanted them to grow and do well. I just really didn't like that all of the "words of wisdom" were so utterly false. (Jesus was absolutely *RIGHT*.)<BR/><BR/>I also really liked the way the message of the film was anti-materialism- I think at the end it should have had the song, "All You Need is Love". It *was* about the importance of the bonds of family and love. And yes, it made me feel better that things aren't *that* bad for me- and if things are better for me than for that family and they are still able to pull through, that encourages me.<BR/><BR/>I had a lot of problems with the movie, but really it was a mixed bag. Sometimes it is more disturbing to get a bad message in a good enjoyable movie which also has a good message than it is to get it in a movie that is bad through and through.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020370.post-1158514468007644912006-09-17T10:34:00.000-07:002006-09-17T10:34:00.000-07:00You are held hostage by your beliefs. You view th...You are held hostage by your beliefs. You view the movie through your subjective morality and label it crass and vulgar. Congratulations, with out people like you to sling labels and tell the rest of us how to think, crassness and vulgarity would not exist. I thought the movie was beautiful. Heartbreaking and hilarious. At one point I wasn't sure if I was crying because I was laughing so hard, or because it was so sad, but I was sure that it had accomplished something. I think perhaps the reviewer took in to the theater what she brought out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020370.post-1155666336380250702006-08-15T11:25:00.000-07:002006-08-15T11:25:00.000-07:00You have a dirty mind if you think that little gir...You have a dirty mind if you think that little girl was doing a striptease. She wasn't dancing like an exotic dancer at all. :PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020370.post-1155619609070605552006-08-14T22:26:00.000-07:002006-08-14T22:26:00.000-07:00what if Jesus really was wrong?what if Jesus really was wrong?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020370.post-1155600258816944322006-08-14T17:04:00.000-07:002006-08-14T17:04:00.000-07:00Who needs more entertainment of hoplessness? Answe...Who needs more entertainment of hoplessness? Answer: those who have little hope and are consumed by the suffering of their own lonely creature-self, - like the previous poster -Anon.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the good review<BR/>keep up the good work in exposing demons through the medium of film.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020370.post-1155283517936002632006-08-11T01:05:00.000-07:002006-08-11T01:05:00.000-07:00you're a fucking ignoramus.you're a fucking ignoramus.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020370.post-1154637947135647142006-08-03T13:45:00.000-07:002006-08-03T13:45:00.000-07:00Thank you. I share your revulsion that shame is n...Thank you. I share your revulsion that shame is now the fountain of comedy. I am 55 years old so I no longer have a relevant take on American culture but I applaud your conclusion that the film will not help me love my neighbor. Truth in art is supposed to leave me wiser hopefully and humbler for certain. Vulgarity does neither. Thank you.<BR/><BR/>PilgrimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com