Moviespeak Sermon for Sunday, September 13th, 2009.
In this sermon, I discuss the way that movie and TV dialogue has infected the way we speak to one another. Specifically the way we conduct our relationships and the way we view honesty.
Playlist:
She’s so fly (I’m so high) by Grindmode
Ticket to the moon by Electric Light Orchestra
Walking on a dream by Empire of the Sun
Dear Reverend Jon,
As a superlative ELO fan, THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for introducing me to “Ticket to the Moon.” It is such a pleasure to hear a new song from one of my old favorite bands. (I remember discovering Bowie’s “Rock n Roll Suicide” post-college days and it saved me the expense of buying anti-depressant meds).
Isn’t love dialogue in movies outrageous? It may have had its predecessors, but “Love Story” (1970) is a horrible early example, and I bet it was responsible for millions of divorces in the 80s by instigating utterly USELESS communication!! Ali McGraw is so effing annoying. Here’s a link to ADMONISH OUR PARISH OF THIS HEINOUS FILM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JASEIR8hjzk
I’d also like to know your thoughts on how music lyrics have contributed to love language. Take the lyrics, “Baby, now that I FOUND you I can’t let you go. I BUILT MY WORLD AROUND YOU.” Jesus C, that is sick. Where was this woman he “found”? Under a rock? At the end of a rainbow in a pot? I wonder if building his world around her included the benefits of joint tax filing. Poor guy.