Pedophile Priest - The Lawnmower Man (1992) Discussion

[–] adamjoshjay 14 years ago

He's a pedophile?

I never saw him that way. He beat Jobe but I don't think there were any sexual references.

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[–] RTheManF89 14 years ago

When he's about to be killed by Jobe, the priest admits to being guilty of molestation.

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[–] adamjoshjay 14 years ago

Hmm... I'll have to watch it again and listen out for that.

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[–] drxcreatures 13 years ago

Plus, the way he touches Jobe, before he hits him. It's rather weird.

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[–] RunningRampant 12 years ago

That's what I thought. He caresses Jobe's neck in a far-too-familiar manner. It gave me the creeps.

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[–] bellis90 11 years ago

it makes one think though... Stephen King wanted to be separated from this story so much. but if you look at the story with it's characters, the creepy preist, the bully, the bitchy wife, the abusive dad... it feels like something Stephen King would do

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[–] HarveyManfredSinJohn 10 years ago

That's true. King has his targets and religion is one of them. The gallery of unsympathetic victims recalls most of his novels from 'Carrie' to 'Christine' to 'Needful Things'. That said, this film was awful and I don't blame King for not wanting to be associated with it, although that doesn't explain why he's happy to make trash like 'Maximum Overdrive'.

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[–] bellis90 10 years ago

"it's doesn't explain why he's happy to make trash like 'Maximum Overdrive'."

Cocaine! Lots and lots of Cocaine!...

you may take that as a joke if you want, but King really was coked out of his gourd for the making of that movie

I'm not putting in my report that I lost a crew member to find an alien named Jerry- Barnes

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[–] MadSimian 9 years ago

I agree with adamjoshjay. I don't think the priest sexually molested Jobe but took pleasure in beating him i.e. the priest's a sadist. Which is a pretty typical portrayal of catholic priests and nuns(of the old school, beat-the-devil-out-of-the-child-with-a-ruler type) in movies...even in comedies, such as Sister Mary Stigmata from "The Blues Brothers". Every once in awhile you'll get a 'good' portrayal such as Father Flanagan in "Boys Town".

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[–] cwholdsworth 13 years ago

I too got the impression that the abuse went beyond corporal punishment. Granted he made Jobe take his shirt off to whip him on the back, but the idea of being partially nude with a priest, in addition to a creepy look the priest gives him just before he starts whipping, made me think there was more going on. Then again, my views could simply be colored by the recent atrocities committed by several Catholic priests. I can't remember if it had become such a major issue by the early 90s.

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[–] where_is_my_mind09 12 years ago

I just watched it and you can hear the priest admitting his molestation of Jobe as Jobe sets him on fire.

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[–] cyborgt800-1 8 years ago

I think you don't know what a pedophile is...

The validity of my answers is highly dependent on the intelligence of the question..or lack thereof.

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[–] johnmiller (3937) 6 years ago

The truth is: The Catholic Church, both those who run it and those who support it, know what priests have been doing for a thousand-plus years. Hell has plenty of room for all of them.

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[–] Strazdas (2472) 4 years ago

The celibacy of the priests didnt work out that well. The level of molestation is far, far lower in the denominations of catholicism that allow priests to have families.

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[–] johnmiller (3937) 4 years ago

Yeah, my question to priests would be: Are you God? Are you Christ? Then, stop trying to be that, because you aren't up to it.

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[–] Strazdas (2472) 4 years ago

The primary reason for celibacy is to make priests belong to the church and not a family. As in they would pur church first if they had no family to put first. This, supposedly, should have resulted in priests leading a humble life without trying to hoard riches. Like i said, didnt work out.

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