Posted by Darth Dobbin at 12.19.232.47 on April 03, 2000 at 15:18:26:
In Reply to: I could pretend I understand, but I dig it anyway. posted by Isis on April 03, 2000 at 14:33:01:
: Now, this is really fascinating. Because I was going to add that I didn't think there was a Mary character in "Dogma" either, really, but Bethany does seem to combine the two. Earthly sinful person touched by the divine and all that.
Let us not forget the shot that sent me into hystrical gales of well nigh embarassing laughter.. When Bethany is mortally wounded, Silent Bob cradls her in an echoing of the "Pieta" gesture. Same composition, same pose, same side wound, same mournful look. This enforces the role of Bethany as the playing the Christ role.. And, for that moment, has everybody's favorite Lunchbox playing proxy to the Mary.
I must admit that I view all these religious cross-continuity/theme/story arcs with the same amount of interest that I would give to a good ol' fashioned DC comics debate as to the nature of the Crisis on Infinite Earths; Which is to say that I think it is sometimes fun to talk about,and I'm interested in the subject material, but ultimately I find both avenues to be geeky exercises of mental agility more than any exploration of "deeper truth."
But if such stuff floats your boat, anyone, check out a book,available on amazon, called THE TEMPLAR REVALATION, which, among other things, discusses the sect of the Priory of Sion, who believed that John was the Redeemer, and Jesus a usurper-figure/fiction.. Among some of the books claims are that Leonardo Da Vinci faked the shroud of turin, and included "john-based" heresy clues as jabs to the catholic church. A fun book, regardless of how much you do or don't believe.