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As Easter nears, no Easter in Annie's story or the BM movie?? But??
Artiste:
As Easter nears, no Easter in Annie's story or the BM movie?? But??
Religion is mentioned....
And, isn't the story about Easter??
Hugs!!
Artiste:
Why no Easter in the BM movie?
But it does in OTHER ways?
Hugs!
Lynne:
You're right, Artiste, that we don't really see Easter in BBM. We get Thanksgiving instead. A lot of folks smarter than me have provided ample evidence that Jack can be seen as a Christ-like figure, whose death was necessary, to give Ennis life. In that sense, it makes a lot of sense that BBM is an Easter story - one of sacrifice and resurrection.
Artiste:
Thanks Lynne!
Wow, that makes sense what you say!
Wonder if we could think too in another way:
that Ennis is sacrificed so Jack can live??
Hugs!
Brown Eyes:
I think it's important to note that both the holidays represented in BBM - the 4th of July and Thanksgiving- are nationalistic/specifically American holidays. I think the decision to use patriotic-type holidays in the narrative may relate to the decision to make Jack and Ennis cowboys... in that one component of BBM has to do with re-confronting American myths and archetypes.
--- Quote from: Lynne on February 22, 2008, 03:46:37 am ---You're right, Artiste, that we don't really see Easter in BBM. We get Thanksgiving instead. A lot of folks smarter than me have provided ample evidence that Jack can be seen as a Christ-like figure, whose death was necessary, to give Ennis life. In that sense, it makes a lot of sense that BBM is an Easter story - one of sacrifice and resurrection.
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I think this is very good Lynne. BBM includes religious undertones in a pretty substantial way. Maybe having religious holidays depicted would almost seem to be too much.
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