Sunday, March 18, 2007

Godspell

So I just got done watching Godspell. I adore this movie, it's just so silly and fun and funny and lazy and happy and carefree. Everyone in the movie seems like they're having such a good time. It's fun to watch and I love the songs. I've been a big fan of folk music like Simon and Garfunkel and John Denver and especially Judy Collins for awhile now and the music in Godspell is reminiscent of this. And it has such great scenes of New York (the Trade Center while it was still being built!), I love the "baptism scene" in the big fountain in the beginning. And it is a HOOT to see Victor Garber playing Jesus, he's so young, and he has a HUGE afro, and he's...bubbly, and just so completely unlike Jack Bristow it's nuts. But I was doing some surfing around and I found the "Gospell motto", which I thought was cool, so I will reprint here-

Keep the corners of your mouth turned up!

Speak in a low, persuasive, tone.

Listen, be teachable.

Laugh at good stories and learn to tell them, cause as long as you're green, brother, you can GROW.

I love those. Prepare ye the way of the Lord, and God save the people, day by day.

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