Maybe I Should Have Expected It . . .
About a month ago, I was trying to explain to my growth group why Veggie Tales movies usually make me want to puke. So I put it this way: "Pretend they made a Veggie Tales version of Lord of the Rings and imagine how many people would be outraged by it; then think about how much greater, richer, and deeper the stories within the Bible are and how poorly and disgracefully they are portrayed by the Veggie Tales." This actually resonated with most of the guys, and they could understand right away how foolish it would be to try to make a Veggie Tales version of Lord of the Rings.
I used this example because it seemed far-fetched to me at the time; but alas, the foolishness within the evangelical church still seems to run rampant, and what I thought to be unrealistic I have just found to actually be a reality: Veggie Tales' "The Lord of the Beans".
What also broke my heart was seeing that Wynonna Judd, one of my favorite and one of the best country music singers of all time, had a featured song in the movie.
. . . As I take all this in a familiar line plays in my head: "Grandpa, tell me 'bout the good ol' days."
I used this example because it seemed far-fetched to me at the time; but alas, the foolishness within the evangelical church still seems to run rampant, and what I thought to be unrealistic I have just found to actually be a reality: Veggie Tales' "The Lord of the Beans".
What also broke my heart was seeing that Wynonna Judd, one of my favorite and one of the best country music singers of all time, had a featured song in the movie.
. . . As I take all this in a familiar line plays in my head: "Grandpa, tell me 'bout the good ol' days."
posted by Brian | 10:49 PM
3 Comments:
The moral of The Lord of the Rings is that we all have gifts, and should feel needed. You don't need all the violence and darkness and magic to communicate that message, so thankfully Veggie Tales has performed that edit for us. With this kind of progress, soon society will grow to the point where we don't need the characters or plot at all. Yay!
Usually Veggie Tales are used as a teaching tool. Any good teacher assesses where his students are and moves on from there. Is it any surprise with all the cartoons to watch that Veggie Tales works as a beginning tool?
And you know the Chronicles of Narnia is next! Aaargh!
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