Bedazzled was amazing just because it questioned the paradoxes of religion without insulting it and directly pissing people off. this is something i miss a lot in modern american comics- jeff dumham is often offensive (stereotypes taken to extremes), dane cook just repeats stupid facts from life with more cursing, sarah silverman has her moments, but can be downright mean. there's no smart in it, more, no basis of smart. jokes are said for the drunken laughs. nuns on trampolines, at least, is not mean, and it really isn't shown as a joke- the characters are perfectly serious about leaping. it definately pokes fun at church seriousness (my dad's favorite example is the "Our Lady of Perpetual Woes and Sorrow Nursery School"). Dane cook would have made a comment on the nuns and made either a Sound of Musical reference or a sex joke about it.
Sun and Moon gods. and other person with bird nose and dysfunctional hair. Left (non-dominant) hand. would look nice inked, but there's no time for that this week.
"Bedazzled was amazing just because it questioned the paradoxes of religion without insulting it and directly pissing people off. "
ReplyDeleteAh, you should have brought this up in class. What a superb sentence and so true.
So much modern comedy is mean spirited. You never got that feeling with Steve Martin, that he would tease you. Most comics - I wouldn't want them as friends. They seem like people who mainly complain and tear down.
Bedazzled has a wonderful human quality in it. Everyone in the film, even the devil, is worthy of our sympathy. Everyone is flawed and soldering on regardless.