Marilyn Manson to play Jesus

[CShine]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4946313/

[Reverend_Smitty]

1. Well that would get the fundies panties in a bunch

:evilgrin:

[arwalden]

2. Who is she? And why would a woman play Jesus?

[LastKnight]

5. its not a she

marilyn manson is a shockrocker with generally crappy music...

the stage name 'marilyn manson' comes from 2 of america's popular culture icons... one the most beloved and one the most hated that is marilyn monroe and charles manson. this guy dyes his skin white for the look, has obscure piercings, changes his appearance in other ways. typical shockrocker stuff. he actuially was interviewed in moore's 'bowling for columbine' where he did some clintonbashing.

a twist of irony: he is considered by many in religious communities to be the anticrist. (and he himself my consider him that, im not sure)

heres what he looks like:



not worth really posting more about him

-LK

[physioex]

3. That idiot is partly (although small) responsible for Shrub winning EOM

[Ruby Romaine]

4. Marilyn Manson is a Repuke / Bush lover! Supported him in 2000!

http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/clevey/?id=65000376

It was his most shocking performance yet. Hard-core rocker Marilyn Manson announced this week that he may vote Republican. He told Talk Magazine that "If I had to pick, I'd pick Bush, and not necessarily by default."

[physioex]

6. Two faced jerk....

On one hand he complains about the Church and the damage it has done and on the other he supports them!!

[nonconformist]

7. Well, this was back in 2000

He may have changed his mind by now. One would hope, anyway.

[Beware the Beast Man]

10. Remeber folks-

It was Al Gore (hubby of Tipper) and "Dino" Lieberman last time around...one who's wife was head of the PMRC in the 80's, and another who was the token Democrat of Brent Bozell's Parent's Television Council. I'm sure by now he's seen the error of his ways.

[Khephra]

14. Too many people forget about Tipper vs Zappa

As an artist (a writer), I'm not too happy with the party either. Manson is right--when you have something to fight against, then you have material. Sheesh, he spoke the truth.

[Khephra]

8. Read these articles...it's not a cut and dried subject

Manson on George W. Bush and Al Gore:
"It's really sad that pretend to care about something as part of their platform and they put down artists who genuinely care, because when it comes right down to it, I create my music for people to listen to and those people deserve to have an opinion and a choice to listen to things."

As to whom he prefers, Bush or Gore:
"I don't think it matters either way 'cause they both hate me."

more...........

http://www.nyrock.com/worldbeat/09_2000/092000.asp

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There is a lot of talk about George W. Bush and his ultra conservative politics. You're far from conservative, but when he was elected, you said something along the lines that it would suit you, since art develops better in a conservative and repressed environment. Now that he has been in office for a while, do you still agree? Is it worth the price?

From the perspective I have now, I can only say that it is quite a sacrifice. I see it as a sacrifice for the future. What happens now in America is some sort of groundwork. We do make experiences and learn to deal with repression, and hopefully we can pass our experiences on to the following generation and help them to avoid making the same mistakes. Maybe through being suppressed, people will unite and think about ways to stop the suppression. It might sound cruel, but without pressure a lot of things wouldn't have happened. Maybe – hopefully – it is a wakeup call. I always said that we have become too comfortable. Maybe that's the price we pay. I mentioned before that I think people forgot how to think for themselves. Maybe now they realize that they have to learn how to think again, accept responsibility and not simply believe everything the media or politicians tell them.

I'm not a politician, though my take on politics is simple: They'll tell you what they think you want to hear just to get elected. I always ignored American politics because I simply don't believe in what politicians say. I don't believe in their promises. I think they lie. All they want is to get elected. Think about why they do what they do. And think about why somebody wants to be president. It's the power, not the people they care for. Even in the music business or the film industry, there are far less lies than there are in politics.

NYROCK:
Considering what is happening in America now, the Lewinsky scandal seems even more ridiculous than it was back then....

MANSON:
I always wondered why it was such a big deal. It was a blowjob, so what? He could have found somebody prettier, but whatever tickles his fancy. She wouldn't have done anything for me, but so what? All the old hippies should love Clinton; at least he was the president that made love not war, ha ha.

http://www.nyrock.com/interviews/2001/mm_int4.asp

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November 21, 2000 | When it comes to politics, Marilyn Manson changes his mind more frequently than Britney Spears changes baby-Ts.

First Manson claimed he was a Bush man. Then a few weeks later he was stumping for Gore. And now the goth rocker tells the Toronto Sun he didn't vote in the presidential election "because I didn't think that either one was worth voting for and I didn't want to settle for one."


But he won't feel bad at all if George W. Bush takes the White House, he says. On the contrary. "I think music and all art really flourishes and becomes much more exciting under a conservative president because there's a need to react against limitations," Manson says, sounding rather Nader-esque. "If it's right-wing, it just instantly makes me want to push the envelope more."

http://dir.salon.com/people/col/reit/2000/11/21/nptues/index.html

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Manson's take on politics is a bit more complex then "he supports Bush".

[physioex]

11. Ok read it...

since art develops better in a conservative and repressed environment.


Great now he wanted to make "good poetry" so he backed Bush. Give me a break. I knew back in 2000 it would be the end if Shrub got elected. Think about it the House and Senate were already Repug. So yea "Art" is great, but its not worth the human life. There are plenty of good poets and artists whose work we have collected over the millenia and he is but a drop in the bucket. NOO THANK YOU!!

[Khephra]

13. "he didn't vote in the presidential election"

Manson's irony doesn't aways translate.

[Khephra]

15. When one world ends

something else begins
but without a scream
just a whisper because we
just start it over again

[physioex]

17. It's all good....

But I hope artists stay out of politics. I don't want them speak out either way. Although I think Kid Rock is a dork, he made a smart move by not commenting on politics.

Remeber the smart thing Kerry said (and I paraphrase), "I don't tell Priest how to do their job, they shouldn't tell me how I should do mine"....

[DrWeird]

18. Joe Leiberman blamed Marilyn Manson for Columbine.

Even though Klebold and Harris didn't listen to Marilyn Manson.

If I had been him I wouldn't have voted for that ticket either. So I don't blame him.

[FDRrocks]

9. Nice!

It's gonna be fun watching the Religious Rights collective mind blow.

[sasquatch]

12. Awesome

:evilgrin:I can't wait to see the snake handlers lose their lunch w3hen they see this. I bet in the Tennessee State Legislature they're writing up a bill to make poisinos snakes an endangered species. So the Snake Handlers don't wrangle them up.

[dawn]

16. This is so predictable.

Sorry, but Manson bores me.

[dad]

19. .

I love Marilyn Manson ....
I'M NOT A SLAVE
TO A GOD
THAT DOESN'T EXIST

[Khephra]

20. I take it none of you have seen "Bowling"?

Many of you are overreacting...the same people I've seen that has been after the press for what they're said about your canidate...read his past interviews. If you think MM is Republican then you need a break from it all. Read his freeping lyrics, if nothing else.

He may not be a D but he's not an R.

[TheWizardOfMudd]

21. That's like God wanting Bush to be president

Heh.

[mitchum]

22. Lameass 5th generation Alice Cooper wannabe without the songs

Is that pathetic twit still around? The last I heard, he was going door to door in an attempt to shock people.