The passion of the gay Christ movie continues, as a judge in Brazil has ordered Netflix to remove the film from its streaming platform.
Judge Benedicto Abicair accepted a petition submitted by the Catholic Church which argued that The First Temptation of Christ, a satire produced by the Brazilian comedy troupe Porta dos Fundos, harmed Brazil’s Catholic population. Neither Porta dos Fundos, nor Netflix has commented on the matter.
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Judge Abicair’s ruling overrules an earlier court ruling which declined to censor the film. Abicair said the removal of the film “is beneficial not only to the Christian community, but to Brazilian society which is mostly Christian.”
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The First Temptation of Christ has attracted international controversy since its release last month. The comedy depicts Jesus as a marijuana smoker and gay man who brings his boyfriend home to meet his parents, Mary & Joseph.
The backlash to the film hit a fever pitch on Christmas Eve, when a small group of individuals firebombed the Porta dos Fundos recording studio. Brazilian police have identified one suspect, and continue to seek the other four.
At the time of this writing, it remains unclear when Netflix will have to remove the film, and whether it will do so in all territories, or just in Brazil.
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The pungent vile nasty smell of religious zealots who feel entitled to impose their religion’s tenants on others
rustyiam
I agree only I’d add the leftists and socialists into the mix too!
white-queer-african
No trust @rustyiam to bring politics into the matter,,,,
SAD!!!!!
Kangol2
PWWO, you know that’s right. Also, Brazil’s constitution allegedly protects individual rights and does not allow the intervention of the Catholic Church, so it’s disgraceful that its Supreme Court is bowing to the Catholic Church, but then again, that country is run by a right-wing fanatic and its Congress is now heavily dominated by Catholic extremists and evangelical nutcases that control the GOP over here, so maybe their Supreme Court feels the pressure to give in.
Larry
@rustylam is a bot or troll but of course to Queerty just another valued user. No blocking or reporting these types because it hurts their bottom line.
EgidioTX
I’m Brazilian and a practicing Roman Catholic. I saw the movie a few days ago and saw nothing wrong with it. It’s a comedy and satire. Why can’t people get that? If your faith is so thin that you can’t watch a comedy like that, then turn to another movie. There is nothing wrong with the movie.
Clay83
You are clearly someone that has some intellegence and a sense of humour. Unfortunately many religious people are so closed mentally and have been severely brainwashed that they cannot see anything else besides what their pastor feeds them
ShowMeGuy
I tried to watch it. It just wasn’t THAT funny. When the g0ds and prophets got together and the camera panned around and Allah wasn’t visable standing there……was the just about the funniest part of the film.
Raphael
Maybe because you don’t speak Portuguese, a lot of the humor and some jokes are lost, but it’s really really funny, that’s why is causing so much controversy. Also, it’s not meant to be a super production, the guys work on television and are famous, but “Porta dos Fundos” is a YouTube channel, it’s supposed to have that same vibe of their videos, not to look like a real movie… But back to main subject, the judge’s order was overruled but the superior court.
Clay83
I had no intention of watching this film, however the more they carry on about it and keep it in the news cycle I now want to see what the fuss is all about. I am sure there are many people that feel the same as me
Ambonec
Streisand (backfire) Effect in action.
ass eater
But yet does not order the removal of pedophiles!!!!!!!!!!!!!………
nitejonboy
Why does Netflix have to do anything regarding this film ? Can this country make Netflix do this ? I thought Netflix was an international website that exists online and in multiple countries, how can they force it to do anything ??? It isn’t headquartered in their country.
enlightenone
A comedy film isn’t the problem, false religions and pedophilia are!