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Friar Elwood and Saint Jake

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PIRATENEWS

Thursday, June 21, 2012 8:50 PM

The Vatican has subtly shifted its stance on the Blues Brothers, with in-house(ofgod) magazine Osservatore Romano declaring the 33-year-old movie “a modern classic”.

The latest blessing, which coincides with an Italian outing for the movie on the 30th anniversary of John Belushi’s death, represents a reworking of the paper’s 2010 annunciation of the movie as a “Catholic classic”.

This week’s Osservatore Romano observes that the film is “now enshrined as a masterpiece”.

All of which is bound to get the crowds flocking in.

However, Vatican watchers will no doubt be poring over the latest description of the film as a “modern classic” as opposed to the “Catholic classic” tag it merited a couple of years ago.

Fans of the Blues Brothers will of course be familiar with the Catholic imagery that runs through the movie, from its themes of forgiveness, redemption from sin, bailing out the church, giving unto Caesar what is Caesar’s, and the smashing up of as many police cars as possible in the process.

The question of being on a “mission from god” clearly complicates matters, as this scene occurs in a pentecostalist or evangelical service, rather than a Catholic service.

Pope Adolf decreed, "Thank God the Blues Brothers didn't mention pedophilia, not once." The Vatican edict also praised the blasphemous jewish actors who played Jake and Elwood. "In the eternal hope of Soddom and Gommora, we won't mention those rabbis sucking baby penis during circumcision ritual, either."

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/21/blues_brothers_vatican/