{"id":2823,"date":"2005-05-09T22:16:00","date_gmt":"2005-05-09T22:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2005\/05\/kingdom-of-double-standards\/"},"modified":"2005-05-09T22:16:00","modified_gmt":"2005-05-09T22:16:00","slug":"kingdom-of-double-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2005\/05\/kingdom-of-double-standards.html","title":{"rendered":"Kingdom of double standards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Thanks to Dave Buckna for pointing me to \u201cDr.\u201d Ted Baehr\u2019s latest missive<\/a>, this time on the alleged biases and historical inaccuracies of Kingdom of Heaven<\/a><\/i>. Buckna states:<\/span><\/p>\n

It would be interesting to compare the number of historical inaccuracies in \u201cThe Kingdom of Heaven\u201d with the number of historical inaccuracies in \u201cThe Patriot\u201d. Funny, I don\u2019t recall anyone in the U.S. Christian media writing anything about \u201cBrits Get a Bad Rap in The Patriot.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Buckna then links to this classic article<\/a> from Salon on The Patriot<\/a><\/i>\u2018s wildly unhistorical demonization of the British.<\/p>\n

I assume my own review<\/a> wouldn\u2019t falsify Buckna\u2019s point, since it was written for the Canadian<\/i> Christian media. But FWIW, I have always found it interesting that, when Christianity Today<\/i> linked to my review<\/a> of The Patriot<\/i> five years ago, they made a point of alluding to a possible reason for my Anglophilia (\u201cBut Peter T. Chattaway, a Canadian writing for BC Christian News<\/i> (the BC is for British Columbia), complains that the film\u2019s rah-rah nationalism is mere pandering, achieved by unfairly vilifying the British\u201d).<\/p>\n

I am also somewhat bemused by the way some Protestants, who in an earlier age might have nodded their approval of a film in which Catholics are depicted violently enforcing their religion\u2019s control of a political territory, have been inclined to defend the religious wars of that era. Maybe it\u2019s my Anabaptist heritage speaking, but I can\u2019t say it bothers me<\/i> all that much if the film portrays the Knights Templar and their ilk as religious fanatics.<\/p>\n

AUG 15 2007 UPDATE: I just realized, a slightly different version of my review of The Patriot<\/i> is also up at ChristianWeek<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thanks to Dave Buckna for pointing me to \u201cDr.\u201d Ted Baehr\u2019s latest missive, this time on the alleged biases and historical inaccuracies of Kingdom of Heaven. Buckna states: It would be interesting to compare the number of historical inaccuracies in \u201cThe Kingdom of Heaven\u201d with the number of historical inaccuracies in \u201cThe Patriot\u201d. 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