Monday, December 31, 2007

Jesus Camp

I was inspired to watch the movie by a call from a good friend of my woman whose husband is a preacher. She worried that my wife would think all Christians are like that. Of course, it was also a chance to catch up too.

Anyway, I just finished the movie and I think a better title for it might be Holy Shit Camp. Maybe with an exclamation point like McLintock! with John Wayne & Maureen O'Hara. I'd be remiss if I failed to mention Hatari! too, which I think may be the only John Wayne film my woman likes.
Now that I compare it, Holy Shit Camp! is absolutely perfect.

Watching the camp's own Frau Goebbels turn a power point slide decreeing THE PUNISHMENT FOR SIN IS DEATH from mere black monolithic font to blood dripping font was particularly awe inspiring when imagining the reaction of all those eight year old children upon reading it. How many of them had previously wondered why a favorite pet turtle had died?

Shortly afterwards, a life-sized cardboard cut-out of George Bush was ceremoniously introduced and the children started praying for it and crying. It was a particularly bad cut-out though - Bush looked even more like Howdy Doody than usual.
I suppose I can understand the tears in that regard.

I won't blow the movie's final star attraction by revealing any names - though he did apparently pay good money for getting blown...
Let's just say that being queer is bad but using methamphetamine is perfectly understandable.

ADDENDUM:

Spell Check highlights 'Doody' but 'Frau Goebbels' is not a problem.

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