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frogmarch

(12,153 posts)
Sun Apr 1, 2012, 06:08 PM Apr 2012

WoodyAllenJesus

I was torn whether to post this video here, or in R&T. One of my granddaughters sent me the link in a Fb message. Since her dad and his family are quite pious, I guess she didn't think she should post it on her Fb status.



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WoodyAllenJesus (Original Post) frogmarch Apr 2012 OP
Anything regarding religion is welcome here! The problem... SamG Apr 2012 #1
I was kidding when I said frogmarch Apr 2012 #2
LOL! "Jeff Hunter Jesus." Great reference! onager Apr 2012 #5
When I was a kid, I frogmarch Apr 2012 #6
"Jeff Hunter Jesus." AlbertCat Apr 2012 #7
My mom had a pic of Jeffery Hunter Jesus on the wall.... amyrose2712 Apr 2012 #8
Bonus video frogmarch Apr 2012 #3
Great bonus, thanks! nt greyl Apr 2012 #13
Censored. Hissyspit Apr 2012 #4
Heads up! "KoK" on TCM onager Apr 2012 #9
Thanks! I've been needing frogmarch Apr 2012 #10
One of my favorites of Tim Minchin: Storm progressoid Apr 2012 #11
Thank you! frogmarch Apr 2012 #12
 

SamG

(535 posts)
1. Anything regarding religion is welcome here! The problem...
Sun Apr 1, 2012, 06:12 PM
Apr 2012

is that if you post some stuff on the Religion group, they get angry, complain, and whine.

Here we just laugh, or smile.

By the way, I don't see Woody Allen as anything admirable other than as a film maker artist guy, the rest of his life, nope, can't buy in.

frogmarch

(12,153 posts)
2. I was kidding when I said
Sun Apr 1, 2012, 06:40 PM
Apr 2012

I was torn between posting it here, or in R&T. No way would I be brave enough to post it there.

In some ways I like Woody Allen too. Regardless, I get a kick out of imagining a Woody Allen Jesus. If Christians could do that, there might be fewer of them. I think a lot of them picture Jesus as, and are in love with, Jeff Hunter Jesus.

EDIT: Didn't mean to click to post yet.

onager

(9,356 posts)
5. LOL! "Jeff Hunter Jesus." Great reference!
Mon Apr 2, 2012, 02:15 AM
Apr 2012

For those of you with real lives who didn't catch it - the blue-eyed, blond Jeffrey Hunter played JC in the 1961 version of "King of Kings."

He looked so young that the flick became known as - "I Was a Teen-Age Jesus." (Hunter was actually 34 years old in 1961, or one year older than the allegedly real JC when he got nailed.)

Boo!

frogmarch

(12,153 posts)
6. When I was a kid, I
Mon Apr 2, 2012, 03:26 AM
Apr 2012

became a Jeff Hunter "Christian" for a while. Just look at the photo of him you posted. Even while being crucified he was adorable. Jeff Hunter died young - in his very early 40s, I think. I think he had a stroke, fell down some stairs and died of a cerebral hemorrhage.

I really do think some Christians have crushes on Jeff Hunter Jesus, or one they find just as attractive. I can't imagine a lot of hoopla over a Woody Allen Jesus.

 

AlbertCat

(17,505 posts)
7. "Jeff Hunter Jesus."
Tue Apr 3, 2012, 02:02 PM
Apr 2012

And then, he rose again....




Mr Hunter is actually in one of my fave films... a very good but in a strange way disturbing, John Wayne film. And I usually don't care for John Wayne. Anyway, it's a Western called

"The Searchers"

amyrose2712

(3,391 posts)
8. My mom had a pic of Jeffery Hunter Jesus on the wall....
Thu Apr 5, 2012, 07:30 AM
Apr 2012

I always felt a little wrong for having a crush on Jesus the Lord.

onager

(9,356 posts)
9. Heads up! "KoK" on TCM
Sat Apr 7, 2012, 01:06 PM
Apr 2012

Tomorrow, Sunday, 8 April - some kind of holiday for some people, I think - Turner Classic Movies is showing the Jeff Hunter "King of Kings."

Starts at 6 PM here in the Pacific Time Zone. Runs until 9 PM.

Weird Fact: according to Wikipedia, an uncredited scriptwriter on "KoK" was Ray Bradbury. Make up your own science fiction joke!

Weird II: also tomorrow night, in the middle of all the Easter movie hoopla, TCM is showing the 1943 movie "Day of Wrath," about 17th-century witchcraft hysteria in Denmark.

frogmarch

(12,153 posts)
10. Thanks! I've been needing
Sat Apr 7, 2012, 01:35 PM
Apr 2012

a Jeff Hunter Jesus fix. Ray Bradbury had a hand in writing KoK? Interesting!

Day of Wrath will be a goody too. If it's got torture and killing in it, it'll be a perfect movie for Easter.

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