RegularJoan

Mmm, nofake, maybe you know me. I don't know, maybe yes, maybe no :-)

Look Gonzo: just because Marco Poletti mentioned you citing him in your review, you deserve a nice five.

Mmm... tell me, which part suits me, then? :-)

I'm on board for the "labora," I'm even fine with playing the role of the donkey. It's the "ora" that throws me off a bit :-D

Even though I admit I could have commented better, it would require a deeper reading of the sacred texts, which time doesn't allow. Different musical tastes? The key is knowing how to reconcile them by speaking the same language, which is the language of music. P.S. those reviews are just a tiny part of the things I listen to :-)

Giusto Polè, I had forgotten them. Monicelli is a great name.

No fake, I understood what you meant and, since you piqued my curiosity a bit, I went to check those parts of the Bible you mentioned. Some time ago, I read Genesis, Exodus, and Revelation, then, for some reason, the Bible began to seem to me like quite a violent book, so I stopped reading. Those verses from Leviticus you cited convinced me of the plausibility of your thesis. You are right about the exegesis you provide, and you are also correct regarding the commodification that takes place regarding the message of sacred texts. What I wouldn’t want to be left in the shadows in this discussion is that commodification is not only implemented by the secular intelligentsia, but, alas, often also by the ministers of God, both at high levels and in small local churches. On this story according to which the exegesis of the Holy Scriptures belongs solely to the clerics, one of many true cultural empires has been built, with all the negative and positive consequences (yes, there are also positive consequences in this "totalitarianism") that come with it.

THICKNESS? UNCLE P., IN ITALY I HAVEN'T SEEN PEOPLE OF THICKNESS SINCE CARMELO BENE KICKED THE BUCKET! Thickness, pshh, art, pshh: nowadays every artistic form is nothing more than a job like any other with the simple goal of making money. Art, pshh, do you still believe in art as a form of expression of the "self"! Pshh, that art in Italy ended in 1963. By now, making art is like being a clerk in the land registry. I must clarify that my discourse refers only and exclusively to a good part of the Italian context; I don't want to generalize, okay!

If I were a comedian, or any individual working in the world of "art" (call it art... well, something vaguely similar), and I had the chance to make a film like that which would allow me to rake in money, I would do it. And I think many of those people who criticize this kind of movies and the authors who "sell out" just to make them would behave the same way. People, it’s pointless; bringing home the "loaf" is a matter of primary necessity. Stay brutal, RegularGioan.

"In short, everyone." --> Errata corrige: NOT EVERYONE. Only those who are within my reach, on my telescreen, in the newspapers I read.