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THE LIFE OF BRIAN / THE ULTIMATE EASTER SPOOF
Members of the British comedy team, Monty Python, during the 1979 filming of their controversial film "The Life of Brian," from left: John Cleese as a centurion, Michael Palin as Pontius Pilate and Graham Chapman as Biggus
Monty Python's classic Jesus spoof 'Life of Brian' has been resurrected by the Welsh town that banned it in 1979, Aberystwyth, Wales. Thirty years later, Aberystwyth is officially letting the movie back into town, and for good reason: The town's current mayor, Sue Jones-Davies, starred in the film: Allen L Roland
It's stories like this that keep me aware that times are changing and that we must not take ourselves too seriously ~ life is much too dull without an abundance of laughter and joy.
Maya Schenwar, Truthout takes the Aberystwyth story from there and points out " that Opposition to the film has not dissolved quite yet in Aberystwyth. In fact, the town's conflicted response to the dissolution of the ban presents a microcosm of the larger questions of censorship and church-state separation that many communities have faced since the spread of the evangelical movement... Several American states banned the film, as did Ireland and Norway. However, the world appears to have moved forward in the past 30 years, at least on the "Life of Brian" front. Ireland and Norway have long since rescinded their bans (perhaps with a little prodding from Sweden, which marketed the movie as "so funny it was banned in Norway"). Until Saturday, Aberystwyth remained one of the few places where the restriction languished." http://www.truthout.org/033009K
The Monty Python classic tells the story of a Jewish man living at the time of Jesus Christ ~ who is mistaken for the Messiah and crucified.
Here's the hilarious video of the 4 minute finale in 'The Life Of Brian ' with all the crucified victims appropriately singing ''Always Look On The Bright Side Of life" while hanging on their crosses. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1loyjm4SOa0
Allen L Roland http://blogs.salon.com/0002255/2009/03/31.html
Freelance Alternative Press Online columnist and psychotherapist Allen L Roland is available for comments, interviews, speaking engagements and private consultations ( allen@allenroland.com )
Allen L Roland is a practicing psychotherapist, author and lecturer who also shares a daily political and social commentary on his weblog and website allenroland.com He also guest hosts a monthly national radio show TRUTHTALK on www.conscioustalk.net
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