
Given last year's
contentious debate in the
Utah Legislature over
intelligent design, and the fact that the same body is in session again, it struck me as funny that someone at
KBYU decided to
program Inherit the Wind for last night's classic
family movie. I might note as well, that the movie not only hits the notion of biblical authority head on, but takes a side-swipe at
prophets of god in that the
William Jennings Bryan character (Matthew Harrison Brady, played by
Federic March) is seen proclaiming that he is, indeed, a prophet of god, but also condemns
religions that rely on such prophets. Brady (Bryan) is a conflicted character in the movie and March gives him not only pomposity, but simple humanity.
Chris Buttars sort of looks like
Matthew Harrison Brady, doesn't he?
My guess is no sense of humor; probably just an oversight.
ReplyDeleteI like how you say "oversight" instead of "coincidence" CI. Coincidence is far, far too easy an excuse. Oversight, however, sounds ominous.
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