Tuesday, August 05, 2008

Religulous posters -- a tale of two countries

If you want to get a sense of the differences in sensibility between Canada and the U.S. when it comes to religious matters, look no further than the posters for Religulous, the upcoming religio-satire starring Bill Maher and directed by Larry Charles.

The American posters released so far have shied away from anything that might be deemed explicitly anti-religious; instead, they have zeroed in on much "safer" targets -- such as the superstitious tendency to see faces in random patterns -- which even the typical religious person might find kind of silly:



And then there is the Canadian poster, via Jeffrey Wells:



That pretty much says it all, I think.

1 Comments:

Blogger Matt Page said...

Surely the Canadian poster is likely to appeal to a far narrower margin of the population than the US one? Many people like to smirk about people who think Jesus appearing in a taco, but only a fraction of those really hate religion enough to watch something that portrays religious leaders as monkeys. I guess they're hoping to court controversy and get bums on seats that way, but if that's the strategy, why not do the same with the US poster? Bizarre.

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