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?