Going to the NCCL in Detroit? See you there (maybe!)

I will be presenting a workshop on Wednesday morning, April 29th entitled: Household Saints or Desperate Housewives: is there anything holy or redeeming about the women of Wisteria Lane?

The Secret Life of the American Teenager and Hannah Montana may be among Disney’s most popular ‘tween and teen girl shows, but what else are our girls watching? The women of Wisteria Lane consistently wins the 18-49 year-old demographic (along with Grey’s Anatomy) and have a significant teen audience as well. Is there anything redeeming or holy about Desperate Housewives? This presentation will look at sequences from the show and offer a strategy for talking about it through the lens of faith, community, social justice, and family.

(There are some interesting comparisons and contrasts with Nancy Savoca’s 1993 film Household Saints…)

For more information visit www.nccl.org = The National Conference for Catechetical Leadership

The Stoning of Soyaya M. comment on the trailer

From the Producer of THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST Watch the Trailer >>
Tell us what you think … CLICK HERE >>

Want to let others know about this? Forward this weblog address to your friends:

www.sisterrose.wordpress.com

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This opportunity to view the trailer and comment is from Grace Hill Media. I have seen the film and I think it is an important human rights story as well as a heartbreaking tale of what is happening today in at least five countries of the world: the stoning of women (especially). More to come as the film’s release draws near.

R 

Corpus Christi email rumor is false – but a documentary about it is coming out mid-2011

From About.com

2011 UPDATE: In mid-2011 a documentary film will be released chronicling a touring production of Terrence McNally’s stage play Corpus Christi. The play does, in fact, depict Jesus Christ as a gay man. However, the film is NOT the play, but a documentary about it. Important distinction.

The documentary film is entitled Corpus Christi: Playing with Redemption.

You may want to check out this site that explains Urban Legends, Gay Jesus, Corpus Christi Play, why people react to rumors about subjects that touch their beliefs.

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I posted this on April 23, 2009:

For perhaps the 100th time this year a friend has forwarded to me an email that is completely false. “Corpus Christi”, the play by Terrence Mc Nally, is NOT being made into a movie.

I am posting this here because I don’t have time to respond to all the emails….

A media mindful response is to check the sources and the rumor itself (www.snopes.com) before you spread an email around.  Truth is not served by spreading rumors.

 

As St. Ignatius recommended: test the spirit. If he were here today, he might say: test the email. Reflect and research before you hit that send button; this is a service to the community; spreading false rumors helps no one.

Here is what I wrote in another posting Sr Rose Looks at Hollywood:

 

Urban Legends

I have some wonderful Catholic friends who get excited whenever anything worrisome appears in their email boxes. Before checking out the “rumors” or information, they forward emails to all their friends. In the last six months I have received several emails telling me to sign a petition because Terrence McNally’s play “Corpus Christi”, about a gay Jesus and gay apostles, is going to be released soon as a movie. According to www.snopes.com, this rumor has been going around at least since 2000 and it is false. Indeed, there is no mention of it at the Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com) and Google doesn’t turn up anything. I recommend checking out rumors that seek to incite moral panics before passing on misinformation. This is a thoughtful response.