The return of Zombie Jesus
Last year I bitched about an "Easter = zombies" themed ad from Burlington Coat Factory. In my travels around the web, I've noticed people getting way more, er, relaxed about comparing the resurrection to Night of the Living Dead.
This year, Scream TV takes up the theme, with a not so subtle Sunday lineup: Dracula Has Risen from the Grave, Night of the Living Dead (1990), and something called The Resurrected.
I'm not sure we have any right to be annoyed about this. You grown ups dumbed downed and "pop"-ed up Christianity starting in the early 1960s. You told kids that Jesus was just another teacher, like Buddha or John Lennon. Now observe the fruit of your Christian discos and Christian raves and frickin' Godspell songs.
I hope you're proud of your offspring, hippie scum.
You know what I think is a better pop metaphor for the resurrection? This: