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Shirleon & Melvin wish you a Merry Christmas while discussing a Family-friendly biblical musical, Journey to Bethlehem! The story is simple - a dramatization of the birth of King Jesus - but what about the music? And more importantly, how is it as a biblical adaptation? Tune in to find out!
Topics:
- (PATREON EXCLUSIVE) 23-minutes discussing Shirleon & Melvin reflecting on the movies they’ve discussed through 2024, whether they have any new feelings about them, and the experience of improving one’s critical thinking. (PATREON EXCLUSIVE)
- Spoilers are truly irrelevant for discussing the adaption of the immaculate conception and birth of King Jesus, so Shirleon and Melvin kick things off strong talking about everything.
- Shirleon was moved by two songs: Mother To A Savior And King & In My Blood.
- Melvin felt it wasn't really his thing, and the whole of the project felt largely forgettable.
- Discussing how virtually every musical number could be removed because they weren't integrated into the plot or pacing of the film.
- Shirleon & Melvin disagree on some things, and the two go back and forth.
- Talking Lacrae as the angel Gabriel. Or, as Melvin calls it, "Lacrangel".
- Is the song Mary's Getting Married supposed to be a Feminist or Trad Wife anthem? It's messaging is unclear.
- No matter how minimal, Melvin never overcame a perpetual unease over the film's alterations of the biblical account.
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