Posted by Bad Mutha-Phucka Jay at chpxy01-chrtr01.ne.mediaone.net on May 16, 2000 at 21:30:03:
Before I saw 'Dogma' in theaters, I had heard a lot about catholic protesters etc. protesting the satire. I expected it to be a movie that challenged catholicism in a lot of ways, not exactly insulted it, but brought up some questions about, say, how it controls some people. But when I went to see it, I was pretty amazed. If I was a catholic, I would have loved the beliefs and ideas brought up by the film, not that I really don't (torn by my beliefs and my love for View Askew), but being an atheist, I would think the atheists would be the ones protesting the flick. What's so evil about god liking skeeball, or being a woman, or being a popular recording artist for that matter? Jesus never told us god's appearance resembled some old white male. After all, it WAS a film about catholicism, made by a (practicing?) catholic. Am I right? Anyone else out there that believes the controversy was wasted energy?