The Story: By rights, I should be presenting this entire scene from Monty Python's Life of Brian, but seeing how there are (in Python parlance) "naughty bits" of both the male and female kind, I'm eliminating the earlier section—that is a Rubicon I dare not cross.
Besides the really pithy part of the scene—the part I'm interested in—occurs later, so we don't have to go around stirring up trouble and causing the gendarme to get in a snit and cause a bother.
Besides, there may be children present and they could learn a thing or two.
As we said last week, we're looking at a specific theme over the next couple of weeks...we're not going to spell it out. You're just going to have to figure it out for yourselves (and none of this responding in unison business, thank you very much!)
The Set-Up: It is (significantly) 33 A.D. and Brian Cohen (Graham Chapman) of Nazareth grows up resenting the Roman occupation on Judea and joins the People's Front of Judea (PFJ) and in his attempts to prove himself, he winds up among a bunch of prophets and, to blend in, starts to spout plagiarized versions of the Sermon on the Mount (which he had witnessed and admired). Soon, he is being followed by increasing crowds and extolled as the Messiah, much to the consternation of his mother, Mandy (Terry Jones).
Action.
The crowd cheers, "Hosanna", "The Master" "All Hail" Etc. Pandemonium. A couple of Romans can be seen at the back of the crowd. We notice Reg and Judith at work in the crowd, they are keeping a wary eye on the Roman presence...whilst still trying to keep the Brian-worship going.
CROWD: Yes!
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BRIAN: But, Mum, Judith.
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MANDY: Yes?
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Words by Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin
Pictures by Peter Biziou and Terry Jones
Monty Python's Life of Brian is available on DVD and Blu-Ray from Anchor Bay Home Video and The Criterion Collection.
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