Eat My Shorts 3: Jealousy with a halo
So here we are, with the first online micro-cinema compendium of 2006. And, this month, there seems to be a bit of a religious theme to the procedings.
The God Delusion
This is a clip from the first episode of The Root of All Evil?, a two part series on Channel 4.
In the clip, evangelical Christian Ted Haggard lectures Dawkins on a subject about which he is clearly ignorant - and then accuses him of being arrogant. On the face of it, it’s quite funny, but when you consider that there are people out there that take Mister Haggard seriously, it becomes more than a little worrying.
You can also find an audio version of the entire program here.
Supamonks
This is fantastic! It involves monks, vikings and heavy metal and really is very, very funny.
I Will Survive
Lord have mercy and pass me the tambourine!
The Passion of Benny Hill
Sticking with dead prophets for a moment, here is the version of The Passion of the Christ that Mel Gibson would have made if he had a sense of humour.
Jesus is Watching You
This one is a bit of a shoe-in, but not verything is as it seems when a thief breaks into a house to steal some jewels and encounters an array of religiously devout pets.
South Park explains what the Church of Blaintology is really all about
Less of a short, and more of a full length episode. And in this one, the SuperbestFriends take on the cult of David Blaine. As ever, with South Park, there are some very valid points tucked away in all the crudeness.
Chuck Norris and Bruce Lee in Fight to the Death
From a god of religion to a god of celluloid. The unique Bruce Lee faces Chuck Norris with an all new soundtrack. And captions.
Dawn of the Gap
I’d probably be stretching things to say that all religion is horrific. But Spike Jonze’s commercial for Gap is also a homage to George Romero’s anti-consumerist Dawn of the Dead, and well worth a look. If only for the in-store carnage.
(Note: The subtitle for this edition of Eat My Shorts is lifted from HG Wells who once said, “Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.” Don’t say you never learn anything on this site)
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