I have two things to recommend. First the HBO(?) series “Righteous Gemstones,” now completed so you can binge watch the whole five year story arc. It presents a hilarious arch satire of modern religion. Some people don’t like it, of course, not because they are offended or religious, others who are religious and offended. I can hear in my head my deceased friend, NS, saying, “Heck with’em if they can’t take a joke.”
Secondly, an aging movie, “The Man Who Invented Christmas,” is moving and seasonal these days. It shows Charles Dickens’ struggle to write “A Christmas Carol.” I have always loved Dickens and this special story of redemption.
Yesterday at the bookstore I bought a new facsimile copy in order, I expect, to read at the spiritualist church class meeting tonight, at least, that is, “Stave One, Marley’s Ghost.” Christmas ghosts seem more than a bit appropriate to me for my spiritualist friends. Hope they agree, or we will just have to fall into a walking meditation!
This is irrelevant, but it just occurred to me: Dickens is slang for the devil, i’nit?
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