It may sound crazy to think these two works have anything in common; however, for starters, neither have much to do with plastic.
Read MoreHow Job is Like "The Graduate"
Satire
The Comedy of 666
We may think the Book of Revelation wants us to tremble in fear as we figure out who the horrible "Beast" aka "Antichrist" aka "666" must undoubtedly be. Or maybe not.
Read MoreThe Four Horse Feathers of the Apocalypse!
It's not exactly "Marx Brothers funny," but the Book of Revelation's account of the "Four Horsemen" who come to destroy the earth is pretty sharp and darkly humorous political satire, for life back in Imperial Roman times, and for today....
Read MoreA Clockwork Gomorrah
Darkly funny dystopian satire is not limited to secular novellas and films, and for any number of reasons that's a very good thing.
Read MorePunk'd Procession!
A high-flying prank devised by the original "Yes Man " !!
Read MoreMy (Darkly) Funny Valentine
Could the "Song of Solomon" be the Bible's most erotic of love poetry as well as a caustic, cautionary joke?
Read MoreJe Suis Charlie Hebdo...et La Bible
Sharp (maybe too sharp) religious satire is found not just in Charlie Hebdo....
Read MoreOn Ferguson, Job, and Fractured Fairy Tales
The "social justice caroling" of this holiday season elucidates many things, including the comedy of Job.
Read MoreThe Parable of the Big Hollywood Blockbusters
Bringing Jesus' "Parable of the Talents" to Hollywood shows us once more why, in Hollywood, having no talent is best.
Read MoreAnd Jesus said, "I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception."
Jesus' "Beatitudes" were so far from proper rabbinical thinking they would have been heard, at least initially, as patently absurd. Not unlike something Groucho would gleefully espouse, and in a song??
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