From: Lee Daniel Crocker (lee@piclab.com)
Date: Sat Jun 29 2002 - 18:34:29 MDT
> (Mike Lorrey <mlorrey@datamann.com>):
>
> I saw a rather hilarious movie recently, "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?"
> where the main character near the end is facing a lynching at the hands
> of his former prison warden (after being pardoned by the governor) and
> despite maintaining a steadfast and consistently rational, but humor
> laden, anti-faith attitude throughout the movie, drops to his knees in
> prayer as his death is at hand. I highly recommend this movie to those
> looking for an Appalachian interpretation of how Monty Python might
> interpret "The Oddessey". Featured is lots of good traditional bluegrass
> music.
>
> Anyhoo, I think that most people facing death do suddenly get religion.
> When I was a hospital volunteer in high school, I saw this phenomenon
> quite often in the emergency room and elsewhere with patients. This is
> not to say that all would, but I think that the overwhelming majority
> would.
I really loved Clooney's line after they picked up the kid: his brother
had just undergone a traumatic experience causing him to start preaching
the gospel. When they pick up a young black man with a guitar at a
deserted crossroads, Clooney asks what he was doing there. Naturally,
he explains that he was selling his soul to the devil in exchange for
musical talent. "You don't say", he replies. "My brother here just
found Jesus. I guess that makes me the only one left unaffiliated."
-- Lee Daniel Crocker <lee@piclab.com> <http://www.piclab.com/lee/> "All inventions or works of authorship original to me, herein and past, are placed irrevocably in the public domain, and may be used or modified for any purpose, without permission, attribution, or notification."--LDC
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