"Blues Brothers" gets Vatican thumbs-up

[AngryOldDem]

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theworldnewser/2010/06/blues-brothers-anointed-by-vatican-newspaper.html

<< We're on a mission from God," the Blues Brothers said in their classic 1980 movie.

Now, on the 30th anniversary of its release, the Vatican says it believes them.

This week, the official Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano devoted no fewer than five articles to "The Blues Brothers," anointing it as a film with a Catholic message.
"The evidence is not lacking in a work where details certainly are not casual," wrote editor Gian Maria Vian, according to a translation from The Tablet newspaper.
He cited examples of a photo of Pope John Paul II on the set, characters like Sister Mary Stigmata, and other religious touches to support his argument. The storyline follows the Blues Brothers as they attempt to raise money for a church-run orphanage where they grew up.

All this in a movie where Jake Blues, played by John Belushi, declares, "Jesus H. Tap-Dancing Christ! I HAVE SEEN THE LIGHT!"<<

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This movie was high on the Vatican's shitlist when it first came out....Hmmm...change IS possible in the Church. Can "Dogma" be far behind?

[MorningGlow]

1. Bah

They just approve of the scene where Sister Mary Stigmata beats the shit out of them. :evilgrin: (Why yes, I am a Catholic school graduate; how could you tell?)

[Ken Burch]

2. Nah...it's the Aretha Franklin scene in the diner.

Ratzi just likes the Queen of Soul.

And fried chicken, for some reason.

[marmar]

3. "They just approve of the scene where Sister Mary Stigmata beats the shit out of them"

:rofl: :rofl:

[Webster Green]

4. This isn't from the Onion?

Wow! :rofl:

[eShirl]

5. Vatican PR Department must be desperate. n/t

[bbinacan]

6. I love that movie. n/t

[jmowreader]

7. I can't possibly see how...

The church Cletus sent Jake and Elwood to, where they saw Reverend Cleophus James and Jake saw the light, was the Triple Rock Baptist Church. They approve of a movie where salvation was found outside the Mother Church? I think not.

[provis99]

8. they haven't figured out that the Blues Brothers were mocking religion.

those old fart white guys who run the Catholic church are totally immune from reality, aren't they?