Spooky consulting
When I was in my first year at university (that is, my first first year, which is now almost 10 years ago!), the JCR of my halls decided they were going to show The Exocist. (Do you remember this, Martha?) Well, the Christian Union - including myself - was up in arms about this! It's no secret that organised religion isn't very comfortable at the idea of watching films with the devil in. Fair enough, I suppose. And also it's meant to be scary.
Anyway, it appears that The Exocist is good for more than just precipitating projectile vomiting in 1970s cinema audiences. It also serves as an interesting commentary on the medical profession, as the possessed child is taken to one over-confident medical expert after another, each with less interpersonal skills than the last. We watched various extracts from it yesterday with our GP, using it to critique consultation styles. Ingenious.
I'm still not planning on seeing the scary bits though.
Anyway, it appears that The Exocist is good for more than just precipitating projectile vomiting in 1970s cinema audiences. It also serves as an interesting commentary on the medical profession, as the possessed child is taken to one over-confident medical expert after another, each with less interpersonal skills than the last. We watched various extracts from it yesterday with our GP, using it to critique consultation styles. Ingenious.
I'm still not planning on seeing the scary bits though.
posted by Michael at 3:38 pm
1 Comments:
No, I don't remember that. I remember the hypnotist in Freshers Week, which I'd imagine the CU were also somewhat against, and endless use of The Matrix for evangelism and apologetics purposes. Good to know Christians aren't the only ones to draw moral lessons from films.
And yes, I know, we arrived in Bristol as bewildered freshers 10 years ago this September! That's a little scary...
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