The hilarity of the name Biggus Dickus or lisps is not the meaning of this film. You see for all of its comedic relief and joking it has a deeper message beneath. There is one part where Brian is mistaken for the messiah for not telling people something (what?) and he gives a gourd to a homeless man and the people start praising it (what?!?) and then he loses a sandal and the people believe its a sign and take off their shoes to 'follow the chosen one's example' they then get into an argument with the gourd followers. Which is a striking resemblance to the real world counterpart of one of the worlds different religions and how they split into a few factions with their own silly rules COUGH COUGH Catholics & Protestants COUGH COUGH. This along with 'The Peoples Front of Judea' and 'The Judean Peoples Front' and the critically acclaimed 'Popular Peoples Front of Judea' (with a whopping one member) gives the impression that organised groups or religions shouldn't be split into factions if they're all fighting for the same cause. This was a statement on Christianity as a religion. in 1979 in Britain to a mainly religious audience. In fact showing this film was a very brave thing to do seeing as it is basically a middle finger up to The Bible and Christianity (which could have been the end of the studio, and yes it was). In fact I might say it was Blasphemous! especially the part where Brian tells everyone to be individual and not be 'sheep following the heard' because man that would kill Christianity if the general public started doing that then the whole Jesus = Shepard would be entirely irrelevant. I have been Milo AKA Biggus Dickus (extra lisp edition) and this has been my review of Life Of Brian. New Reviews fortnightly. Thank you.
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