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?
