Survey Link https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdCCSj9URmUSo5YE8JyxCTDo0ESjUKZ7eZMD_SFwmbG10aAsw/viewform?usp=sharing
The Traditions of the Virgin Mary: https://youtu.be/9TkSiOBwo04
Critical Drinker video on Rings of Power: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kquNKboBtJw
Today, we venture into Hollywood. In this first of two parts, Dr. Jacobs uses the new Netflix movie about the Virgin Mary to explore the many pitfalls that Hollywood falls into when trying to create a movie for Christians. He’ll also get prescriptive. Who can fix these problems and how?
All the links:
X: https://x.com/NathanJacobsPod
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0hSskUtCwDT40uFbqTk3QS
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nathan-jacobs-podcast
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenathanjacobspodcast
Substack: https://nathanajacobs.substack.com/
Website: https://www.nathanajacobs.com/
Academia: https://vanderbilt.academia.edu/NathanAJacobs
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:24 Take the survey
00:02:57 The IP problem in Hollywood
00:11:59 Hollywood, Faith, & Propaganda
00:29:00 Hollywood doesn’t know how to make these movies
00:41:41 Background on Dr. Jacobs and the Mary movie
00:45:24 Choosing Protestant, Catholic, or the Orthodox versions of the Mary story
00:50:12 Mary and Joseph: To romance or not to romance?
00:54:21 Mary’s early life in the temple
00:57:39 The Netflix approach to Satan in their movie
00:59:38 When writers rip off other writers
01:04:42 Back to Satan in the movie
01:06:32 Inexplicable story changes
01:11:40 Filling in the gaps in biblical storytelling
01:18:08 Honoring the worldview of the source material
01:29:14 Girlbosses subverting the men
01:35:59 Cringe :/
01:45:31 How to make a successful organically Christian movie
01:55:30 The myth of secular neutrality
01:59:35 Depth in storytelling (Tolkien vs. Lewis)
02:13:00 The Hollywood taxidermists
02:26:04 Can Hollywood self-correct?
