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...film remains a potent document, in gritty, memorial black-and-white, of malevolence and heroism portrayed in the starkest terms. Schindler (Liam Neeson) is a reluctant savior. "He didn't come to Poland to save Jews," survivor Leon Leyson says in Voices from the List. "He came to Poland to make his fortune." Keeping his Jewish workers alive was at first just good business, then a matter of stubborn pride and finally a humanist crusade for which his beneficiaries are ever grateful. "He was life, he was maybe future," says Rena Finder...
...hardly a giggle from "JCVH," the first kungfu-lesbian-horror-Mexican-wrestling musical comedy. (Could there be a second?) The premise, from screenwriter Ian Driscoll, is piquant: Jesus H. Christ joins forces with a priest to rid Ottawa of a vampire coven. He's an activist Savior ("If I'm not back in five minutes, call the Pope") who kicks beaucoup d'ass. He's closer to a standard Mel Gibson hero than to the hero of the new Mel Gibson movie. But the comedy is slack, the song lyrics feeble, the pace torpid. Note to cultists: A movie...
...Like Gibson's Messiah, Parker and Stone's Jesus has Father issues. In the millennium episode (314), young Stan Marsh asks Jesus, "Why does God hate me?" and the Savior mutters, "Huh? He doesn't hate you, he hates me. He's gonna let me be crucified again." Jesus is also not always comfortable with his job. At the end of the episode, when a booing crowd comes to its senses, the elementary school chef says, "Jesus, we're sorry. Can you ever forgive us?" He puts his halo back on and replies, "Aw heck. Do I have a choice...
...hapless kind are condemned to wade forever in the wretched lake of fire. His colleague, the more liberal Sister Anne, is shocked: "I think that as long as Jewish people are good, they will get into heaven." The priest is incensed: "Sister, the Jews crucified our Savior. I mean, if you don't go to hell for crucifying the Savior, then what the hell do you go to hell...
...cults, other sects ("All About the Mormons," episode 712) and Christian rock. In "Christian Rock Hard" (episode 709), Cartman forms a trio called Faith + 1 that zooms to the top of the Christian charts with such romantic ballads as "I Wasn't Born Again Yesterday" and "Three Times My Savior." The record executives are troubled by the intensity of Cartman's lyrics: "It appears you are actually... in love with Christ." Cartman shrugs: "Well, what's the difference? You love Christ, you're in love with Christ - I mean, what the heck is this?" What it is, is a profession...