{"id":17158,"date":"2014-04-09T14:48:23","date_gmt":"2014-04-09T21:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/?p=17158"},"modified":"2014-04-09T19:59:53","modified_gmt":"2014-04-10T02:59:53","slug":"how-i-helped-jon-stewart-get-one-of-his-noah-facts-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2014\/04\/how-i-helped-jon-stewart-get-one-of-his-noah-facts-wrong.html","title":{"rendered":"How I helped Jon Stewart get one of his Noah<\/i> facts wrong"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
$\"\"$ <\/a>Of all the controversies that have swirled around Darren Aronofsky\u2019s Noah<\/a><\/i>, by far the dumbest is the one that erupted over the claim that the dialogue in this film never uses the word \u201cGod\u201d.<\/p>\n
Last night Jon Stewart tackled this subject in a segment called \u2018Haters of the Lost Ark\u2019. And along the way, he repeated a claim that I and others have made in the film\u2019s defense \u2014 a claim that, I\u2019m afraid, might have been mistaken.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s the timeline, as best as I can piece it together:<\/p>\n
February 27:<\/b> While watching the film, I scribble the following in my notes: \u201cHam: \u2018My father says there can be no king. The Creator is God.'\u201d I draw a squiggly line beneath the last few words to signify that I\u2019m not 100% sure about that bit; I often do this as my fingers race to catch up with a line as my memory of it begins to fade.<\/p>\n
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March 21:<\/b> The controversy begins, and I respond on Twitter. I am immediately backed up by my friend Steven D. Greydanus, who jotted the same sentence down in his own notes when he saw the film a week or so after I did:<\/p>\n
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@ptchat<\/a> \"My father says there can be no king. The Creator is God.\" Word for word what I have in my notes. @THR<\/a> @bighollywood<\/a> @ToddMcCarthy<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Steven D. Greydanus (@DecentFilms) March 22, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n