As for the depiction of the Catholic church, it's not meant to be a prediction.
I think people wanted to see some specificity in faith on TV.
So many books that have Christian characters but are written by atheists mercilessly pillory and mock and question the motives of people with faith. I'm past all that.
If I hadn't been raised in such a logical household, the entertainment industry would have elicited only one reaction from me in regards to 'Christians': 'Good God, these people are crazy.'
I just hate one-dimensional portrayals of religion; it's too cheap and easy to do, and ignores the nuances that go into having a belief system.
I'm always very self-conscious and assume the way faith or religion might come up in my plays will seem very harsh to people of faith, or who are currently practicing.
There really are three types of 'religious' movies: the ones that make fun of it, the ones that vilify it and the ones that literally preach to the converted.
Gentle Jesus, meek and mild' is a snivelling modern invention, with no warrant in the gospels.
I think, in the media, Christians are the butt of every joke, or they are portrayed running around condemning everyone to Hell.
Very often some of the religious miracle plays you see on television can be very corny, I find. And so simplistic.
The movie industry has ignored the success of films that look favorably on faith with the same sort of self-destructive stubbornness that has led to its continued sponsorship of antireligious-message movies.
