Ken and Todd discuss Blue Like Jazz, Steve Taylor’s adaptation of Donald Miller’s best seller. Is the film a satire of Christianity? A Christian satire of the godless university? Is it funny? Will Christians like it? Will anyone else?
SHOW NOTES:
0:00 - Intro, plot, and overall impressions
7:00 - The "Christian" label redux; broadening the audience
10:45 - Satire vs. Bildungsroman
19:21 - Horatian vs. Juvenalian satire
23:00 - Apology, confession, or confessional apology?
32:00 - Writing vs. directing and closing remarks
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