{"id":393,"date":"2014-03-25T15:21:17","date_gmt":"2014-03-25T20:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/?p=393"},"modified":"2015-08-25T21:14:53","modified_gmt":"2015-08-26T02:14:53","slug":"st-dismas-day-and-a-movie-to-go-with-funeral-kings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/2014\/03\/st-dismas-day-and-a-movie-to-go-with-funeral-kings\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Dismas Day, and a Movie to go with: Funeral Kings"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><figure style=\"width: 271px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Bockstorfer_Altar_Mitte.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/8\/88\/Bockstorfer_Altar_Mitte.jpg\/451px-Bockstorfer_Altar_Mitte.jpg\" alt=\"File:Bockstorfer Altar Mitte.jpg\" width=\"271\" height=\"359\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Central image of the Bockstorfer Altar, Cathedral of Konstanz. Painted by Christoph Bockstorfer (?) in 1524.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The feast of the Annunciation is also the feast of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Penitent_thief\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">St. Dismas<\/a>, for reasons that <a href=\"http:\/\/taylormarshall.com\/2012\/12\/yes-christ-was-really-born-on-december.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Taylor Marshall explains here<\/a>.\u00a0 \u201cDismas\u201d is one of the names traditionally ascribed to the penitent thief who was crucified alongside our Lord.\u00a0 It\u2019s only fitting that such a saint be commemorated under all his aliases.<\/p>\n<p>On the 19th we observed the solemnity of St. Joseph, the patron of happy death because he died, it is said, with Mary and Jesus beside him.\u00a0 So did Dismas.\u00a0 You can\u2019t go wrong seeking the aid of St. Joseph, but if your circumstances are more, dare I say, <em>dismal<\/em>, you might consider picking up St. Dismas as a back-up patron.\u00a0 He\u2019s not really in a position to complain if you only remember to seek his aid at the last minute.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">***<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Let my in-laws always be remembered with honor as the people who got me a Netflix account. \u00a0<strong> Movie tip of the day: Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/funeralkings.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Funeral Kings<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 It is not the feel-good movie of the year.\u00a0 It probably won some award for <del>best of use of the word <\/del><del>Belgium<\/del> most f-bomb laden film endorsed by a catechist. Watch it after the kids are in bed, and use headphones.\u00a0 Why do I like it? Because it gets adolescence right.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I can\u2019t tell you precisely what kids these days are up to, but<em> Funeral Kings<\/em> sure lines up with what kids were up to a quarter century ago, and there\u2019s no evidence the culture has cleaned up any since then.\u00a0 Even though it\u2019s the kind of film that self-important wannabe hipsters breathlessly call \u201cgritty\u201d, I love, love, love the realism on this one.\u00a0 Love the setting*.\u00a0 Love the premise.\u00a0 You get ordinary evil straight-up, no glamorizing, no winking, no whitewashing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This is how it is, period.\u00a0 This is your kid\u2019s world.\u00a0 If you can watch this film and say to yourself, \u201cGoodness no, that\u2019s happening at <em>my<\/em> parish,\u201d you aren\u2019t ready for religious ed.\u00a0 See St. Dismas, above.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Good story-telling, too.\u00a0 I have a long list of movies I quit watching after enough minutes of stupid and boring.\u00a0 This one had me the whole time.\u00a0 Gripping. And never, ever, trite.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">*In a doubly-ironic moment, the kindly elderly religious sister compliments the title characters on how handsome they look in their <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alb\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">albs<\/a>. I\u2019m pretty sure the boys were not wearing albs, but rather\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cassock\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">cassocks<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Surplice\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">surplices<\/a>.\u00a0 My inclination is to assume it\u2019s a script-writer\u2019s error, but who knows, maybe the McManus brothers are playing with parish culture more than we realize.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 The feast of the Annunciation is also the feast of St. Dismas, for reasons that Taylor Marshall explains here.\u00a0 \u201cDismas\u201d is one of the names traditionally ascribed to the penitent thief who was crucified alongside our Lord.\u00a0 It\u2019s only fitting that such a saint be commemorated under all his aliases. 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