Catholic Inspired Entertainment?

[Mavzylor]

Does anybody know of any good TV shows, books, comedy acts, video games, etc. that are inspired by the creators’ Catholic Faith, such as Lord of the Rings?

 

[Carmel]

Many people believe that William Shakespeare was a recusant ( Secret) Catholic inElizabethan England.
This would account for many of his plays and famous speeches express Catholic themes.

 

[Mavzylor]

Thanks for the reply. I never knew that. Which plays in particular? I thought most of his plays were crude.

 

[Carmel]

Thanks for the reply. I never knew that. Which plays in particular? I thought most of his plays were crude.

The author Joseph Pearce has written a number of books about Shakespeare
No.1 ‘Through Shakespeare’s Eyes where he discusses all of the Catholic themes in three of the best known plays- -Merchant of Venice, Hamlet, King Lear.
Shakespeare was writing and having his plays performed just thirty years after the Reformation in England. He had seen some of his friends hung, drawn and quartered for being too open about their Catholicism or , in one case, for being a Catholic priest. Which is why, he had to put across his point of view without upsetting Protestant sensibilities.
His historical plays were set in a Catholic setting, as were his plays which were based in Italy.
His plays, including Romeo and Juliet, were putting across traditional values . Often, modern interpretations are putting across very different presentation of what he means.
When I was at school, we always studied a Shakespeare play in our exam year. My two plays were Merchant of Venice, and Macbeth.
There may be some crude bits, for light relief probably when the dialogue becomes heavy and serious. But Shakespeare has never been equalled as a playwright for his characters’ brilliant speeches which show his great insight into human nature.

 

[Mavzylor]

bump… Anything more than Lord of the Rings and Shakespeare?

 

[0Scarlett_nidiyilii]

Weirdly, “Everybody Loves Raymond” was respectful of the CC.
The family were Church going Catholics, their kids went to catholic school and their parish priest was a recurring character, and he was a normal, stable guy.
There was an episode where the wife and the father were trying to convince Raymond to come back to Church, and the wife talked about why she prayed.
OTOH, there was an episode where they go buy condoms and discuss whether he should have a vasectomy.
But TV is not a catechism lesson…
It’s also strange because I think Ray Romano is actually an atheist, and Peter Boyle seemed to be a skeptic (or just a smart-mouth)

 

[Mavzylor]

Oh I’ve never seen that episode. That’s interesting.