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Funniest movie ever made
My absolute favorite Python film, and this scene (I believe) and the ones that follow are illustrative of the self-delusion people indulge in (confirmation bias).
ALSO: First full frontal male nudity I ever saw in a film; thus, my emo-punk-rockabilly band’s name is “Graham Chapman’s Cock.”
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Sol Berdinowitz Thu, Jun 20, 2013 11:12:01pm |
Blessed are the makers of cheese-like substances…
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Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 21, 2013 5:26:20am |
This is the Third in the Trinity of Greatest Comedies of All Time (First & Second are The Big Lebowski and Blazing Saddles)
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Stoatly Sun, Jun 23, 2013 4:08:24am |
re: #2 Vicious Babushka
Two of the three couldn’t be made today in the present climate of instant offence-taking
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hellosnackbar Sun, Jun 23, 2013 6:25:44am |
The life of Brian was the funniest film ever; but politically correct poltroons would not permit such a film these days especially if it were a satire of Islam.
I would love to see “The Life of Mo” with John Cleese as Allah and Rowan Atkinson as Mo.
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Stoatly Sun, Jun 23, 2013 8:55:07am |
re: #4 hellosnackbar
Thing is, Life of Brian wasn’t a satire of Jesus’s life - as the makers kept pointing out (usually to deaf ears) they had no beef with Mr Christ himself - it was the followers behaviour they were ridiculing.
JC only appears as a barely audible voice in the “Blessed are the Cheese-makers” scene
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