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    Week 5 - Monty Python - Life of Brian - Guided Questions

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    The document contains guided reflection questions about the 1979 Monty Python film "The Life of Brian". The questions probe the film's parody of religion and the Bible, asking whether Brian is meant to represent Jesus, what scenes parody biblical events or popular religious perceptions, and whether the film is hostile to Jesus or Christianity overall.

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    The document contains guided reflection questions about the 1979 Monty Python film "The Life of Brian". The questions probe the film's parody of religion and the Bible, asking whether Brian is meant to represent Jesus, what scenes parody biblical events or popular religious perceptions, and whether the film is hostile to Jesus or Christianity overall.

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    Week 5 - Monty Python - Life of Brian - Guided Questions

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    The document contains guided reflection questions about the 1979 Monty Python film "The Life of Brian". The questions probe the film's parody of religion and the Bible, asking whether Brian is meant to represent Jesus, what scenes parody biblical events or popular religious perceptions, and whether the film is hostile to Jesus or Christianity overall.

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    Monty Python The Life of Brian

    Guided Reflection Questions


    1. Did you enjoy the film? Try and articulate a nuanced opinion based on more than gut feeling.

    2. Where does Jesus appear in the film? Do you think the presence (or absence) of Jesus is significant for interpreting the film? 3. What is Monty Python parodying with Blessed are the cheesemakers?

    4. Is Brian Jesus?

    5. Pick some specific scenes from the movie, and demonstrate how they a. parody events in the Bible OR b. how they parody the popular perception of religion.

    6. What is being said through the scene in which Brian is chased into the desert by people who think he is the Messiah?

    7. Why do they make the jokes they do about crucifixion?

    8. Do you think Life of Brian is hostile to Jesus?

    9. Do you think Life of Brian is hostile to Christianity?

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