Like Tom Shadyac, mentioned in the previous post, Kevin Smith has made several comedies with some crazy deal head on religious themes, up to represent God himself on screen!
In 1999, we discovered Dogma, in which two fallen angels trapped in Wisconsin and are trying by all means to return to paradise. Outside its usual and many references to popular culture, the film is peppered with references to Biblical stories. Included are angels, fallen or faithful, thirteenth apostle who would love to find its place in the Gospels, two prophets and many other surprises. Besides the representation of modern and original characters, the themes they deal with the turning of trivial conversations are sometimes a surprising gravity. The scene [01: 12: 00] in which a renegade angels (Ben Afflek) launches into a diatribe against humanity, boasting of the unjust suffering of God for human beings rebel indirectly evokes the pain of Lucifer after his fall. Without going so far as to compare Smith to John Milton (Paradise Lost), it must be emphasized that the treatment and course of the two angels is sometimes very deep.
If we look for a moment the idea of God, we find the will to break some traditional performances, as was the case in Bruce Almighty. Shadyac's film, in his incarnation, God is Black (Morgan Freeman). In Dogma, this possibility is raised by Rufus who claims that Jesus is black; about God the Father, it seems that despite the habit, it would be truer to say 'God Mother' since God appears at the end of Film in the guise of singer Alanis Morissette (I read that in the end credits, director thank a feminist theologian °).
Like Bruce Almighty, God of humor. It also says that Metatron (the angel with the voice of God Alan Rickman) in the film when asked how is God: 'God? Solitaire. But funny. He has a great sense of humor! "
It is impossible to mention all the reflections on the strength of the film (especially Catholic, the director who seems to settle some accounts or at least suggest changes) so they are numerous. If these thoughts are so well digested by the contemporary public is that they appear in an unusual and confusing. The film includes a scene in a box of striptease and verbal vulgarities, mainly through the character of Jay, the teen-prophet who swears faster than his shadow, are far from absent. This mixture caused surprise to Kevin Smith of many attacks from some in the Catholic church. Moreover, the controversy spawned a documentary Judge Not: In Defense of Dogma (2001).
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