Comments on: Inflamatory story idea https://shepline.com/2006/04/27/inflamatory-story-idea/ author | illustrator | digital designer Fri, 28 Apr 2006 14:07:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 By: rachel2205 https://shepline.com/2006/04/27/inflamatory-story-idea/#comment-2266 Fri, 28 Apr 2006 14:07:14 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=1337#comment-2266 Think a few people have already got there before you, mate! Most recently being Anne Rice (in what looks like a terrible novel).

Indeed, the way Judas’ views are framed in the film are sympathetic. I presume you’re talking about the “woman, your fine ointment/brand new and expensive/could have been saved for the poor” bit? Where Christ responds “surely you’re not saying/we have the resources/to save the poor from their lot?/There will be poor always/pathetically struggling;/think of the good things you’ve got./Think while you still have me,/Move while you still see me” and so on? It’s an interesting part of the gospels and I think can be difficult to reconcile to ordinary Christian thought. But I believe what Christ is saying here is that Judas is having an ungenerous response to Mary Magdalen’s profession of love. It’s definitely interesting, though. I’d suggest reading it in its spiritual context to see where Rice & Lloyd Webber got their inspiration, though. 🙂

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