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Comment by Stephen 14 hours ago

Revealed: The 'blasphemous' scenes from Life of Brian that even the Pythons were too afraid to show including an embarrassed Joseph trying to explain the Virgin birth

Papers from British Library archive of Python star Michael Palin reveal cut script
One lost scene was Joseph struggling to explain Virgin Birth to group of friends
And an original note described King Herod as ‘the world’s worst babysitter’
Film Life Of Brian was banned in several countries, including Norway and Ireland

When Monty Python’s Life Of Brian was released in 1979, it was met with outrage around the world.
But the comedy classic would have offended even more people if the original version of the script had been filmed.
Papers unearthed by The Mail on Sunday from the British Library archive of Python star Michael Palin reveal that the movie’s working title had been Monty Python’s Life Of Christ, and the script included outright blasphemy.

The movie that was finally released carefully avoided any jokes at the expense of Jesus, who was depicted with respect in two brief scenes.
The film-makers were anxious to avoid being prosecuted for blasphemy and cut some of the original material after advice from lawyers.   One lost scene featured a waiter at The Last Supper trying to seat Jesus and his Disciples, telling them: ‘I can do you two tables for two and two threes.’
In another excised moment, Jesus’s embarrassed father Joseph struggles to explain the Virgin Birth to a group of his male friends.

Several key figures from the Gospels who were noticeably absent from the film were considered for inclusion.
One note describes how ‘John the Baptist’s severed head keeps talking’ while another described King Herod as ‘the world’s worst babysitter’.
Herod was also shown pondering how best to deal with the threat posed by the infant Jesus.
As an alternative to the massacre of the Innocents, a courtier suggests: ‘Why don’t we offer a reward to anyone who brings the Messiah to us?’ Brian did not meet Jesus in the film, but that was not the case in the early version, in which he is the ‘13th Apostle’.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7367931/Life-Brian-scenes-...

Comment by Mrs.B on Saturday

Lots of detail.

Comment by Doone on Saturday

A gorgeous statue of Pitao Xicala, a Zapotec (group native to to the Oaxaca region) deity of summer, love, music, and games. The markings on his body are stylized depictions of butterflies, an animal which was strongly associated with this god. #Antropología #Mexico #Mythology

Comment by Doone on Saturday

A nice God

An ancient statue from Colima, Western Mexico. Clearly, it represents some kind of supernatural being. Its exact subject is unknown, but the serene expression of its handsome human face and its doglike body suggest this was a benevolent spirit. #Antropología #Mexico #Mythology

Comment by Doone on Friday

Waiting for God 

https://twitter.com/i/status/1161606472322703360

Comment by Chris on Thursday

Should be simple to understand why people are migrating from central america.

The U.S. during the Regan administration broke it.

If you don't know about that do some simple research.

Does the Don and/or his supporters know anything about that history?

I doubt it.

Comment by Chris on Thursday

I don't know how many people know the history of U.S. intervention in centeral america.

Thoes who don't know missed an important part of U.S. History.

Operation Condor is just one of many.

The first 911 was in Chilie 1973.

There were many more.

Iran 1953 and more.

If interested

look at the National Security Archives.

https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/

Comment by Chris on Thursday

In a mix.

In this case it's the government that's doing it.

Comment by Chris on Thursday

Why have a gowd for anything?

What kind of people in Iowa or elsewhare - for that mater Mitch McConnell (Kentucky)  vote for people such as that?

In sarcasm 'The Clintons did it."

Some may have noticed that the R's give tax breaks to the wealthy and pick on the D's for sexual inpriopriety  while allowing their 'R' party to trade in teenage girls.

A good example of excuses  is former Judge Roy Moore.

Hippocrates.

More sarcasm - There is money to be made by the immigraent children crossing the boarder in the U.S.

What's his name Epstein may have been able to tell us about it had he not died.

Again sarcastically - there is money to be made by slavery and human trafficing.   Sadly  human trafficing includes child prostitution.

A person from Central America has to think it's worse to raise a child there than to have a child cross the boarder of the U.S.. and be trafficed.

I don't know how many people know the history of U.S. intervention in centeral america.

Ollie North was a drug runner among other things.  I heard he has a radio program where some people admire him.

I can rant on this more - but will give it a break.

Comment by Doone on Wednesday

The religious right is so stupid.  Why have a God if you only think humans reproduce by rape and incest

Steve King: "Would there be any population of the world left" if not for rape and incest (link: http://hill.cm/7MOtMpK) hill.cm/7MOtMpK

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