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Those actions really happened?

posted 19 years ago by Night64
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Hi, I´m from Brazil, and for me is quite hard to believe that such things really happen. Is it real? People really vandalize stores to force someone to not rent a film? There are death threats?

[–] DarleneTipton 19 years ago

Yes. Not only were they true in the 1980's -- these tactics are still being used today. The producers have also had their lives threatened simply for making the film.

[–] jkotynek 19 years ago

I'm not surprised at all.

When THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST opened in Chicago, Oak Park's beloved Calvary Memorial Church threatened the Lake Theatre not to show the film, or there would be "consequences"!

That's Chrisitan Charity for you...

** John Kotynek

[–] DrSamba 19 years ago

It seems that Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan are not the only countries in the world with "religious police".

[–] Garrick_2 19 years ago

Yes, they really happened. When I was outside the theater standing in line to see "Last Temptation" one of the protesters actually spat on me.

[–] G-Com 18 years ago

There was a small protest (about 50 or so people) at the local theater where "LTOC" was playing. I'd heard about protests in other cities getting a little wild, but this one was mild by any standards, and I've seen a lot of protests and I've been a part several others.

[–] DarleneTipton 18 years ago

Yes -- and it's STILL happening. We are at a point in America where one faction believes they have the right to dictate what everyone must think. Many Americans are truly ashamed right now -- we are NOT truly represented by those whose mouths are bigger than their brains.

[–] wethrboy 18 years ago

"Yes -- and it's STILL happening. We are at a point in America where one faction believes they have the right to dictate what everyone must think. Many Americans are truly ashamed right now -- we are NOT truly represented by those whose mouths are bigger than their brains."

I agree. I hope that the Libertarian Right is coming to the understanding that the Republican Party has been taken over by religious zealouts and that they start turning more to the Democratic Party to take this country back. Living in an authoritarian theocracy is hardly what I would call a free society.

[–] David_Translator 17 years ago

That makes about as much sense as saying that Mussolini's fascists should have realised that Hitler's Nazis had been taken over by racist zealots!

I mean, you're talking about two different groups of evil people. Why should they care that the other group has a slightly different sort of right-wing dogma? More importantly, why should we sane observers care? We should just fight all bigotry.

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[–] Citymars 17 years ago

When I saw 'Hail, Mary' ('Je vous salue, Marie' -- 1985), there were also protests, though no one got violent the night I was there. Just a protest group holding signs.

This was 20 years ago, in New York City. I don't recall the film, but I do remember the controversy!