“Dogma”, our fourth film, resulted in me getting into all sorts of trouble with a group called the Catholic League. Seven years later, that’s all a distant memory: “Dogma” hasn’t been the focus of religious ire in close to a decade.
Until now. And this time, it ain’t Christians who’re up in arms.
From Buddy Christ to Bloody Christ
“If it wasn’t so serious it would be funny,” said a coalition spokesman, Major Will Willhoite. The guy’s got a point.
It’s a bummer that the Buddy Christ – meant as a symbol of a non-judgmental, forward-thinking, fictional version of the Catholic church – is being linked to something like this. God-willing, it doesn’t go further than this.
In the midst of something like this, you’d think I wouldn’t hawk merchandise.
And yet…