Jesus, Spartacus, and Monty Python
Peter Bradshaw makes a very interesting point about Stanley Kubrick’s Spartacus (1960), which recently returned to British movie screens for one day only : The story of Spartacus reverses the Jesus myth: instead of getting sold out by his followers and dying a terrible death on the cross, Spartacus is protected by his troops, who are prepared to endure crucifixion rather than reveal the leader hidden in their ranks. And then Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979) came along and put the two stories together.
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Jesus, Spartacus, and Monty Python
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