The Man Who Was Thursday - ACS Season III

[Alberto2382]

I think the most daring proposition from Chesterton is that rebel/king are often the same. He's a big time critic of liberalism and well as state socialism. The police and the "anarchists" are both products of modernity. In my opinion that's the message that Chesterton wants to convey. Unfortunately as far as I know he doesn't condemn voluntarist axiomatic principles from people like Scotus and Bacon who undermine faith through axiomatic propositions which led to modernity itself. Mystery is all

[aelredtheless]

I recently read The Man Who Was Thursday but no longer have access to the book. One thing I didn't notice was any explanation of who this policeman really was. Was he merely what he seemed, another person who had had an encounter with the man in the dark room and didn't know the full story about Sunday? Or might he have been a sort of, well, good version of the evil poet (not wanting to give away too much for those who haven't read the book)?

[GenghisKhan44]

Do you think Chesterton might be a Traditionalist Catholic today?

[aelredtheless]

@GenghisKhan44 That's a difficult question to ask about anyone of Chesterton's generation, since it is that general period which the Traditionalists view as Traditional Catholicism itself. Personally, I suspect Chesterton would have been what he, I think, was in life after his conversion: an orthodox mainstream Catholic.

[Spiritfilled63146]

Love it!!

[lelobest]

the Philosophers of Chesterton's time are the Liberals of today

[Chesterton7]

fantastic

[pedrohqb]

I was thinking over this scene, and I don't agree with it. The most dangerous person is not the completely lawless modern philosopher. What is most dangerous, most harmful, most terrifying TODAY is the completely lawless modern jurist, since he does not make their mad little movements, but they do obtain the enforcement of Law, making them obligatory to all. If the old anarchists used to explode people, now they do "explode" by Law. And the only weapon against it is good Christian jusphilosophy.

[pedrohqb]

The punishment created the crime... reminds me of these sick philosophers of post-modernism... Foucault, for example.

[pedrohqb]

O homem que era quinta-feira. I love this, seriously. Greetings from Brazil. Sadly I do not have ETWN in local TV. But at least I can watch it by Internet.

Viva Cristo Rei!

[pennyfoel]

i dont know if anyone would agree with me here i want to make a movie with mr hyde and the man who was thursday but with my own twist

[spiderlime]

i'm looking for a story by chesterton in which a murderer wishes to be caught after having killed, and rewards his captors for finding him. is there such a story?

[Jitpring]

Great job on all counts: acting, directing, etc. A first-class performance. Many thanks.

[JCDentonCZ]

I think this was well played on the book. I still wanna read the full book, read a few excerpts somewhere; hope I can find the book somewhere.

I have to say, a very interesting subject..

A philosophical conspiracy, basically; I understand the point that the actually more innocent are arrested for small misdemeanors, while the philosophes that think up methods for acceptable mass murder of innocents, go free. None of the Manhattan Project researchers have been arrested for mass murder, etc.

[railenmiles]

I dunno. There might be something wrong with me, but I find this really funny. lol

Philosophical Policeman... hahahahahahahahaha

[TheaterOfTheWordInc]

There is a published dramatic adaptation of the novel by Chesterton's sister-in-law, Ida.

[charliec81]

Was there a compete version of this play ?

Wondering, since I'm a big fan of Chesterton's book.

[stoictales]

great! thanx for posting!! is there more??

[probro9898]

Wonderful stuff! Thanks for posting it. One observation though: The policeman sounds English, but the actor playing Gabriel Syme sounds (to my ear) vaguely American.