- Don’t go getting all worried now…There’s concern that Dogma‘s gonna get stomped due to controversial religious issues…Trust us, this is all just getting blown out of proportion because of a silly quote or two. But anyway, another article on the subject of Dogma and Disney‘s stance ran today, so we figured you’d wanna see it:
Catholic activists are seeing red over “Dogma”, a new Miramax satire that stars Matt Damon and Ben Affleck as a pair of foulmouthed homicidal angels.
The flick offers a fractured Gospel in which Chris Rock plays a black 13th apostle, rocker Alanis Morissette is God and a distant female relative of Jesus works at an abortion clinic.
The script has William Donohue, president of the Catholic League, demanding an audience with Disney chief Michael Eisner.
“They love doing this,” says Donohue, of Hollywood film makers. “[Theysay], ‘Let’s see how we can stick it to Christians. What would reallyoffend them?’ ”
Donohue may just get that Eisner powwow. According to a source quoted on the Internet’s Mr. Showbiz, the exec “is not comfortable with this film.”
Meanwhile, “Dogma” star Affleck tells Mr. Showbiz’ Jeffrey Wells: “I know [Miramax chairman] Harvey Weinstein has his trepidations about this, and he’s gotta answer to Disney. Is Michael Eisner nervous about it? Probably. . . . But I certainly hope [Disney] supports the movie.”
A Miramax spokeswoman says Affleck was “just speculating” about Eisner’s reaction.
Just more religious fanatics looking for something to crow about…Don’t get us wrong, we’re both church going folk, one of us Catholic even, and we can’t WAIT to see the movie. Plus, remember that the flick hasn’t even finished EDITING yet, so all this fuss is just unfounded and pure speculation. The movie’s gonna make it folks…And it’ll be HUGE…Don’t you worry!
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