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Re: Christ figures in film

Donald Larsson <[log in to unmask]>
Fri, 28 Feb 1997 12:08:44 -0600
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Byrnes Weir objects:
">An offbeat choice (and a somewhat different definition of "Christ figure")
>would be THE RULING CLASS.  (Peter O'Toole plays a nobleman who thinks he's
>God).
>
>Chris Pyle
>University of Kentucky
 
 
 
                God is not Christ"
 
 
 
If you believe in the Trinity, both are part of one and the same!
But in the context of THE RULING CLASS, the statement is even more appropriate
since O'Tool
's character begins by thinking of himself as a loving and forgiving Christ
but by the end has transformed into the Old Testament God of vengeance.
 
 
Don Larsson, Mankato State U (MN)
 
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