Only Murderers in the Building - Redemption through Trauma - A Christian Review
A Christian review of Only Murderers in the Building staring Martin Short as Oliver Putnam, Steve Martin as Charles Haden Savage, and Selena Gomez as Mabel Mora
Kaiji - The Nature and Purpose of Addiction
Exploring the nature and purpose of addiction through a Christian lens, experience, and the show Kaiji.
Kaiji - Where Debt and Trickery Lead
From a Christian perspective I would like to explore 3 ideas addressed within this show: 1)The Experience of Debt, 2) How Money Blinds People, and 3) How Tricksters Get Tricked. I will save The Nature and Purpose of addiction for another post (next week) as it is a bigger one for me. In the show these all centre around greed and we experience how far and how low a high and greed can take people.
Squid Games: A Game of Worth and Sacrifice
A popular show that presents the destructive consequences of our modern world. It asks many questions including:
What is someone’s worth?
What is worth my sacrifice?
What is fun?
Though it only shows modern culture’s answers, Christianity presents a far better way.
Brothers Karamazov: What Lies Underneath
Sorry for the somewhat general review, as so often in life, I intended to dig deeper but life got in the way and now the details are shaky. I found myself most interested by 1) the works ability to allow us to question from many perspectives, 2) the focus of modern academics on Ivan, 3) The deceivers ability to twist the truth seen in the inquisitor and the prosecution and 4) The hope that perseveres