This is what one line from the Sermon on the Mount is mis-interpreted as being by one of the distant crowd members (remember, Jesus had no microphones or amplification -- you try talking down a mountain and see who hears you correctly!).

And of course, the instant interpretation (obviously emphasising the 'fun' in fundamental interpretation) -- 'he obviously means that to apply to the makers of any dairy products,' is applied by one of the listeners.

I heard this used (and have since myself used) as an example in a sermon of the difficulty of interpretation. And this entire movie is rife with such examples of twisting the biblical (and extra-biblical) stories -- often with hilarious results, but quite frequently one finds oneself laughing because it is accurate, rather than satire. Wasn't it Will Rogers who said 'I don't have to satirise my enemies: I merely have to quote them.'?

Beginning with the birth in the manger through to a crucifixion, our would-be and reluctant messiah embarks on a mad-cap romp through a thoroughly modern-Britainised Palestine of the null-millenium. Just at the Bible leaves out the childhood of Jesus, so does this movie leave out the childhood of Brian -- and I've often wondered of the split in the believers -- those who followed the shoe and those who followed the gourd, which are catholics and which are protestants?

Perhaps the best scene to any prep-school graduate would be the sight of the Roman guard correcting the Latin grammar of Brian the would-be slogan writer and political propagandist.

'It says, "Romans go home!",' Brian insists.

'No it doesn't,' the guard replies. 'It says "People called the Romans they go the house!" '

A great film for humour, a great film for provoking thought, a great film for leaving your serious side alone for a bit.

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