more grist for the fundie mill
Oh, Ian McKellen. Dashing, unfairly-Oscarless, twenty-year-old boyfriend-having, Order-of-the-British-Empire-belonging, too-old-to-care-what-people-think Ian McKellen.
He, with the cast of the new Most Heretical Movie Ever (Denys Arcand must be so disappointed to lose the title!) were guests on the Today show this week. Matt Lauer asked how they would have felt if the film had a disclaimer in front of it, as some of its fundie critics have declared it should.
“I’ve often thought the Bible should have a disclaimer at the front saying ‘This is fiction.’” McKellen responded. “I mean walking on water? I mean, it takes an act of faith.”
McKellen went on to say he found the Bible “somewhat preachy” and called the ending “a bit of a downer.”
Glib? Yes. Hilarious? Absolutely. True? Well, I often wonder if we wouldn’t do well to put a disclaimer in front of the creation story in Genesis — “This is anti-myth polemic!” — and increasingly I think that an “Artist’s Rendering” tag could apply to the whole thing.
May 19th, 2006 at 8:50 am
Hilarious, for sure. Thanks for the link.
May 19th, 2006 at 3:32 pm
Ian McKellan rocks. I mean, it’s hard to argue with Gandalf. He might shoot lightning out of his ass, after all.
But seriously, he makes a good point. And way to stick it to the Fundie man, Ian!
I (heart) Ian McKellan.