Lara ([info]msretro) wrote,
@ 2007-12-19 20:44:00
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Jesus Camp
I just finished watching this and I can't stop cringing. Some random observations:

- I'd never seen anyone read a Chick Tract without irony before.
- that Pentacostal Children's Minister who runs the camp really is the devil. She's right that extreme liberals are looking at those kids and wondering what they are going to be like as adults, but, not quite in the way she was thinking.
- I couldn't help it, but, I laughed out loud when Ted Haggard looked at the camera and said, "I know where you were last night! For $1,000 I won't tell your wife!" Likewise, Reverend Haggard, likewise.
- I almost wish I worked in an office just so that I could start meetings by banishing Satan from the Power Point presentation.

Flippant observations aside, it really is a good documentary. I felt that the child minister, Levi, really did understand and believe what he was saying (unlike his creepy parrot of a sister) and was, all-around, a bright and thoughtful kid. It'd be interesting if the documentary makers revisited him in 10 years to see what his beliefs are like.



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[info]fabledbrewer
2007-12-20 02:19 am UTC (link)
[*Trying to fathom how to read a Chick tract non-ironically*]
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[*brain asplodes*]

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[info]wldrose
2007-12-20 03:34 am UTC (link)
Just remember Sam Kinason was a child preacher.

ash

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[info]fuck_isms
2007-12-20 01:15 pm UTC (link)
I thought Levi was very bright too, and I thought it was sad he was in such an environment at home. I would also really like to see how he turns out.

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[info]blackbirdshaq
2007-12-22 12:09 am UTC (link)
I almost wish I worked in an office just so that I could start meetings by banishing Satan from the Power Point presentation.

I guffawed at that one.

Ya know... this is how I grew up. Haven't seen the documentary yet, as I am a-feared of what will happen to my already about to asplode brain. I'll probably put it next on my Netflix que though.

I hate Jack Chick for ruining my childhood, btw. Just thought you oughtta know.

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[info]msretro
2007-12-22 04:05 am UTC (link)
I had to read about a dozen Chick Tracts before I realized that these were not satire. To this day, there is a corner of my brain that believes that Jack Chick is the world's most consumate dark comedic performance artist.

What a sucky thing to have to deal with growing up. :(

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