The Christers spoof Christian rock with humor
Wednesday January 7, 2009
You know how I love Christian humor and music parodies like Jesus People and God's Pottery, and I stumbled upon this 2005 mockumentary, "Never Been Thawed," on the Subversive Church blog. According to the blog, Never Been Thawed is a...
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Actually, Steve Taylor did a pretty good job of using humor to point out many of the church's weak points. Maybe he was ahead of his time. I also recommend looking into Daniel Amos, aka The Swirling Eddies, who did their fair share of satire. Oh -- you haven't heard much about these Christian artists? I wonder why.....?
I ordered the DVD because of your post; thru amazon.com, so that way I can see this movie.
Mark, I hope you heeded the warnings about the language! And understood that I hadn't seen the movie yet!
Joanne
host of the GS blog
I echo what Bert said pertaining to Steve Taylor. That guy always makes me think. What I like about Steve's vision is he is an insider calling the church to be what it is intended to be and stop the stupidity. I think parody can be a mighty tool. I thought Jesus people was hilarious. One of the reasons I watch the Simpsons is to view their views on the church. I don't usually like what they have to say, but it's important to know what the people we are called to reach think of us. Sometimes watching parodies is kind of like looking into a carnival mirror. You know it's a distortion of reality and yet some of it is very real.
Ok, so I just got and watched this "film," Never Been Thawed, to see what it was about. You can imagine my shock when one of the characters says, "F#$% Jesus!" He is mad at the other character, and says, "F You, F Frozen Food, and F Jesus," to which the other character replies, in a self-absorbed way, "F me????"
This banter comes toward the very end of this "film," and up until that point, it's kind of a mish-mash of semi-funny scenes and characters, but it's also filled with non-stop expletives, and in one scene they have the singer singing a song all about "F-ing," then changing the lyrics so the f-word is replaced with Praying. This is ridiculous.
There's nothing in this "film" any Christian should see. It's not worth your time or investment.
I just googled the director/star, Sean Anders, and it said he directed the $25Million "film," Sex Drive, since then, but thankfully, that movie was regarded as a bomb.
Mark, I warned you that I hadn't seen the movie and that it had cursing in it!! I'm sorry you had to sit through that.
Thanks for the additional warning - I suspected it was over the edge. Let me just warn readers again: I haven NOT seen the film, but have surfed around the website. That's what I'm talking about when I reference the "band".
Joanne
host of the GS blog
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