2. Book Of Christ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRegUuydEUg This is only the second infomercial to make fun of religion, but the Book of Christ is far more successful than the previous Miracle Man bit. Here, Jesus is uncompromisingly made fun of and while that's nothing new, it brilliantly exposes blind faith's weakest spots and is not ashamed to use dirty blows. The premise is that a scroll that contains the actual words of Jesus (and not a retold gospel) has been found. Only it turns out that Jesus was actually a bit of a douchebag with an ego big enough for the whole Trinity and a very doubtful moral sense. it may be even suggested that he was completely bonkers. Still, it doesn't take the believers too long to deem the words of the Lord inspiring and moving. Hilarity ensues while they irrationally attach themselves to anything Jesus related, including a digital audio reconstruction of his cough. The ending is fitting, to say the least.
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Adrian Serban lives in Bucharest, Romania where he has studied screenwriting and film criticism. But it's not all about artsy European dramas for him, as he's also a fan of horrors, kung-fu flicks and sci-fi films of all eras. Monty Python and Doctor Who are two British institutions that changed his life for the better. Or so he thinks.
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