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For all you Donnie Darko fans out there, this one is for you!
I never really know what to make of Easter. I’m not a real relgious guy, so most of the meaning is lost on me. As the years go on, I can see Madison Avenue trying to turn it into “Christmas Jr.” – what with all the candy and (sometimes presents) you get. I dunno. Feels wrong to me.
But I’m not gonna look a gift horse in the mouth! Cami got me an Easter basket this year that included DVDs of Spirited Away and About A Boy, so I’m the wrong guy to ask.
Other than that, slow weekend. The only new release I wanted to see this week was A Mighty Wind, but it’s not playing around here for miles. Lame. If one of our local art houses wasn’t playing Ben Hur, we probably would have gotten it. Guess I’ll have to hold tight for another week or to.
Enough of that crap. ONTO MORE IMPORTANT THINGS!
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I also need to mention an addition to the situation. I am currently selling the posters for $5 a piece ($7 with shipping and handling), but that offer will end after one month. After 30 days, the cost will go up two dollars. So get on board now and take advantage of this great deal!
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I was at a complete loss for what I was going to do for today’s comic. None of the recent crop nor forthcoming releases have inspired me to make satire.
So I retired to my “thinking room” and spent a little time pondering the subject of Easter movies. There really aren’t any. I don’t know that there SHOULD be any. I just noticed there aren’t any. And, thus, a comic was born.
I guess my mind wandered onto the topic because as we were leaving our house to have Easter lunch with my family, I noticed dozens upon dozens of cars parked near the two large churches near our house. They were everywhere. Parked on the street, parked in the lots of nearby businesses. It’s never this busy. Not on an average Sunday.
So Easter is one of those big church-going holidays and – conceivably – families will then depart to participate in Easter egg hunts, eat ham and chocolate bunnies and whatever else odd traditions have emerged from this holiday.
The point I’m making is that the holiday is a gathering of sorts – of community, of family.
So why aren’t there very many movies that speak to this?
Think about all of the Thanksgiving movies out there. You know the basic outline. The family black sheep returns home for the holidays, everyone is stressed out, comedy ensues. You could easily transpose that formula onto Easter gatherings.
I mean, okay… so Easter probably isn’t a big travel day. And it’s not like people are given days off from work so they can go be with their families on Easter, or whatever. But you get the gist.
For those of you complaining that it’s too secular, explain all the Christmas movies out there. Most of them are more about Santa or gift-giving than the actual holiday and Easter is complete with it’s own set of bizarre traditions. So religious persuasion really isn’t a factor.
All I know is that every year ABC plays The Ten Commandments around Easter and I can’t figure out why. What does Old Testament Bible have to do with New Testament death and resurrection of Jesus? Or did someone lose a bet to Charlton Heston?
I could be completely talking out of my rear end because – admittedly – I’m not a big church goer, I don’t understand the Easter tradition… It’s just always been something we’ve done as a family. I can’t imagine I’m the only one in this boat?
What do you think? Why do you suppose there are no great Easter movies out there? Or maybe there are tons and I’m missing out? Let me know!
Last bit of business, don’t forget to check out The Triple Feature podcast tonight over at TalkShoe at 9:00 PM CST. I don’t know what we’re talking about since I missed last week’s show, but I’m sure it will be enlightening. How is that for an endorsement?
Sorry, I feel a little scatterbrained. I’m starting a new job today, so I’m mostly focused on that. But I’ll try to have it put together by tonight’s show.
See you there!
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So today’s comic and blog generated a lot of feedback in my in-box as well as on the LiveJournal syndication feed and everyone pretty much said the same thing: That The Ten Commandments isn’t an Easter movie, it’s a Passover movie.
At which point I slapped my forehead like Bull from Night Court and then buried myself in three feet of sand from embarrassment. It all feels kind of obvious now.
Still, it kind of proves my point. There aren’t really any good Easter movies. Some people tossed out ideas like Ben Hur, The Greatest Story Ever Told and The Last Temptation of Christ. One guy even suggested The Passion of The Christ – a cheery holiday movie if there ever was one!
But just because those movies are religious or about Jesus specifically doesn’t mean they have anything to do with the Easter holiday.
Do you see the manor in which I’m splitting hairs? Easter as a gathering, as a family tradition… and no one has anything to say about it from a cinematic perspective? Why does Thanksgiving get all the love? What’s so magical about Christmas?
I guess I just don’t understand Easter and maybe never will. I’m trying, though – fumbling and stumbling toward glory.
Apologies to those of you who wrote e-mails. I probably won’t be able to answer you individually. But since I figured there was this outpouring of response (and people were generally responding with the same thing) this was an appropriate venue.
Thanks for attempting to enlighten a heathen!
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