In quite possibly the dumbest news snippet I’ve
heard about BLACK CHRISTMAS yet, the President for The Catholic League for
Religious & Civil Rights has claimed that the Weinstein brothers have released
the slasher BLACK CHRISTMAS as a show of defiance to the Catholic faith.
President Bill Donohue said : “Even in Hollywood, a town
where bashing Christians is sport and Catholics are the target of choice, the
Weinsteins stand out,” fumed league President Bill Donohue. “It is not
uncommon for theaters to host dark comedies or tearjerkers . . . but when it
comes to blood-and-gore flicks, they never open on Christmas Day – unless, of
course, the men behind the movie are Harvey and Bob Weinstein.”
This is unbelievable! Now I can understand if they were upset about the film
actually ridiculing or making light of the Catholic religion, but the
Weinsteins have simply released a horror film on the day in which the context of
the movie actually takes place. I don’t see other religions up in arms when
films are released around their holidays. And Christmas has also become much
more than simply a Christian holiday. It has become something that people from
all denominations are free to celebrate.
Also I think that it should be mentioned that generally films are released on
Friday nights, and if my memory serves me correctly, the Jewish Sabbath starts
sundown on Friday, but I don’t hear the Jewish community up in arms about that.
I really think that this has been blown out of proportion, and besides, it’s not
as if people are being forced to watch this.
Maybe it’s me but it’s really starting to seem like the Catholic church has
nothing better to do than complain.
This story was first reported by the New York Post December 22, and can be fully
read
here.
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