Er, make that the Anti-Hooper. 'Scuse me. NT

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: : : Did anyone else perceive strong messages about racism, and to a : : : lesser extent, feminism, violence, and religion in this movie? The : : : majority of it seemed to be about the current emasculation of the white : : : man due to Christianity and the perpetuation of racists attitudes. : : : Namely the stereotypes that black men are somehow more manly than white : : : men and that they have bigger penises. Many many jokes were made to : : : this effect which went well beyond the realm of bad taste. There is : : : even a scene where fellatio between Bethany (Linda Fiorentino) and the : : : 13th apostle (Chris Rock) is implied. It is definitely significant that : : : the angels are without sexual organs or anuses. They are white men : : : castrated by the religion of Christianity, unable to properly express : : : either hetero or even homosexuality. Jay and Silent Bob are seen to : : : make a ploy to become part of the black gang after the striper scene, : : : which by the way also exemplified a way too prevalent theme in : : : pornography resultant of racist attitudes. Jay and Silent Bob represent : : : the young white men of today, it's idol rockstar/rappers, Korn, Limp : : : Bizkit, and a host of other knock-offs, adorned in their Addidas : : : uniforms, sporting their Christian crucifixes, striving to be : : : assimilated into the particular cult of black ethnicity typified by most : : : rappers with their endless macho posturing, espousement of drug : : : addiction and violence, and of course the inherent racist attitudes : : : which must keep such a cult alive. In their self-loathing they try to : : : become more "black" by weak-minded conformity and the most abject : : : hypocrisy. : : : When Bartleby (Ben Affleck) is done with his killing spree at the : : : very end, he makes a comment about what a great release it was after : : : thousands of years of repression, and "if they only let us masturbate." : : : This is a very poignant comment upon how things like WWF and socially : : : glorified violence are merely a substitute for eroticism, providing a : : : cheap sexual thrill, and often an outlet for homosexual urges. It was : : : interesting how very few, if any people in the movie theater laughed at : : : that, but they sure thought all those black men with big penises jokes : : : were hilarious. Fucking idiots. : : : Almost all of the fools I've seen review it have said it didn't : : : criticize the Catholic Church. They are blind. This film was very : : : Satanic and had many anti Christian messages to it. The beginning : : : dialogue between Loki (Matt Damon) and the nun was quite good. I think : : : that it is very probable that Kevin Smith was familiar with the works of : : : Anton LaVey when he wrote this movie. Satan fails to succeed in his : : : rebellion because he is tied to God and Christian dogma. The Satanism : : : of LaVey does succeed because the idea of God is done away with : : : completely, moreover Satan is not actually believed in, but used as a : : : symbol of the individual as opposed to the mass or as representative of : : : the balancing force in nature. Much of the terminology used, the names : : : of the angels especially, showed a significant knowledge of Kabbalistic, : : : mythological, and occult ideas. : : : There is also a feminist message as far as all the comments of Jay and Silent Bob are concerned. I think this really came out in the end : : : with the appearance of Alanis as the female God and the emphasis upon : : : virgin birth. This I feel was intended to bring to mind the past pagan : : : age wherein the female was exalted because of the mystery surrounding : : : childbirth when the role of the man in the process was not known. Jay's : : : pussy licking joke at the end was typical of the type of stereotyping of : : : all women as having lesbian tendencies, women are just very different : : : emotionally as well as in other ways and they are not all lesbians. : : : Am I close on any of this Kevin? : : : - Matt

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