A.V. Club Inventory: Protested Movies

http://avclub.com The Onion's pop-culture-focused sister publication, The A.V. Club, is debuting a new weekly video series called "Inventory," based on its popular lists of the same name.

Not all movies are designed to please everyone, but some go even further, igniting controversy wherever they play. This week, we look at three films protested for very different reasons: the killer Santa movie Silent Night, Deadly Night, Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation Of Christ, and Basic Instinct. http://avclub.com/articles/admit-none-16-protested-movies,2342/

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• protested movies
• The Last Temptation Of Christ
• controversial
• Jesus Christ
• Mary Magdalene
• religious right
• Martin Scorsese
• Silent Night Deadly Night
• Charles Sellier Jr.
• murderous Santa Claus
• Christianity
• Basic Instinct
• Sharon Stone
• Michael Douglas
• Willem Dafoe
• gays
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• Paul Verhoeven
• The A.V. Club
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• Noel Murray
• Scott Tobias
• Keith Phipps

[godforge2003]

The AV club is white people at their most white.

[soulinthewall77]

No way!!! Is that Willam Defoe!?!?!? One of my favorite actors around! Hey--we all gotta' start somewhere, right? I now love A.V. Club work!

[Cdubzhappy]

I'm sure both Jesuses got all kinds of slizz, both the fictional version and the real world version.

[TheSwaino]

He killed a naked girl D=

[dejimmeistahmon4742]

1:54 see if you can find the chia mr. t

[PurpleStorm8]

@RaaronR It's probably because religious belief has decreased over the years and isn't as influincial as it was when Temptation of Christ was released.

Only because science has done a good job of refuting religious claims and ministers leave out more and more of the bible.

[farneyblakeley]

@RaaronR Well the too much good friday comment came from one person so their generalization trying to point out hypocrisy between how the two films were received is flawed anyway

[Jcolinsol]

None of these movies seem appealing in the least.

[RaaronR]

Religious views aside, why do they seem confused on why "The Last Temptation Of Christ" would be more "offensive" to Christians than "The Passion of Christ"? Kind of seems straight forward to me. First is an alternative telling of the story, in which the corner stone of the faith is removed. Second is a very graphic and violent portrayal of the story, but with the Biblical ending.

That shouldn't be a struggle to see why the two are different, even if you don't believe any of it.

[moeezS]

Was Ken Russells's THE DEVILS protested? Or just banned everywhere? Still one of the most important films ever.