- FUNNY BIFF JESUS HOW TO
- FUNNY BIFF JESUS LICENSE
Later turns out to be less crazy than he appears he's homeless by choice because he's trying to live by the example of the philosopher Diogenes.
Crazy Homeless People: The apostle Bartholomew, or Bart to his friends. He's convinced to become an apostle when he realizes he can snag one of Josh's groupies. Covert Pervert: Matthew the tax collector can't help but stare at any woman who passes by. Raziel is later an important character in The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror. 
There's even a mention that the demon said he'd been to Earth before, but refused to say how he'd been banished.
FUNNY BIFF JESUS HOW TO
Catch is the main villain in Christopher Moore's first book, Practical Demon Keeping, in which a man summons the demon and then can't figure out how to get rid of him. It's lampshaded in the afterword that alleged Kama Sutra positions are completely made up, but hey - there's still weirder stuff in the actual Kama Sutra. Comic Sutra: In India, Joshua learns things like yoga from Melchior the Magus, while Biff learns a number of bizarre sexual positions from a local prostitute, such as "The Rhinoceros Balancing a Jelly Donut" and "Rampant Monkey Collecting Coconuts". Biff had a pretty interesting way of utilizing this for apostle recruits, as he demonstrates with Matthew:īiff: The angel confided in me that he is going to ask the Lord if he can become Spider-Man. Biff finds a loophole: he goes to know some women and then tells Josh about it. but, as a Running Gag, they never get around to it. Celibate Hero: Josh is commanded by an angel (Raziel) not to "know women." What exactly does that mean? They mean to ask Raziel the next time he appears. (This is a Shout-Out to The Bible: Maggie protests that they should not open the tomb because Lazarus has been dead for four days and the stench will be dreadful.) Came Back Wrong: Lazarus, who has, err, somewhat fragmented in the meanwhile. Near the end of the book, Josh lies to Biff on where he intends to go, which ultimately ends in Josh's death. Josh refuses to tell Biff why he must meet Maggie instead before they leave to find the Wise Men. Book Ends: For Biff's Gospel narrative in a way. This leads Biff to theorize that Raziel might have been the Ur-Example Dumb Blonde. Even the monks noticed it.īiff: And this golden stuff around you, this light, what is this?īiff: You're sure it's not stupidity leaking out of you? The one time he leaves Josh, he's at a complete loss at what to do until he goes back. Big Brother Instinct: A big part of Biff's heart of gold is his constant and never wavering desire to protect Josh, not just follow him. Bible Times: Obviously as it’s about an unknown friend of Jesus (Joshua). Bestiality Is Depraved: Bestiality being an "abomination" is a Running Gag in the book. Beethoven Was an Alien Spy: According to Raziel, the angel Gabriel once decided to hang around on Earth for sixty years under the guise of Miles Davis. Attractive Bent-Gender: Biff has to disguise himself as a Hindu widower's daughter at one point. 
Any deviations indulged in for the sake of Rule of Cool, Rule of Drama and Rule of Funny are meticulously documented in the Afterword.
FUNNY BIFF JESUS LICENSE
Artistic License – History: Moore did some pretty serious research for the book, resulting in a fairly-accurate portrayal of life in Bible Times. And, because it's a humor novel, all sorts of silly things happen, be it the names of Balthazar's concubines, the explanation of how the martial art Judo came about, or the start of the Jewish tradition of having Chinese food on Joshua's birthday. The only thing that gets him off-balance is the presence of his childhood crush, Mary the Magdalene ("Maggie"), who is depicted as having a thing for Josh. Biff looks out for his best friend, tempering Joshua's innocent stupidity with his own brand of ruthless, practical Magnificent Bastardry. Along the way, they absorbed many Buddhist, Taoist and Hindu attitudes which informed Joshua's later preaching. 
According to Biff, the two of them went east so that Josh could learn, from The Three Wise Men, how to become the Messiah. In between epistolary moments where he marvels about modern life, Biff pens his gospel, filling in a lot of the blanks of Jesus: The Early Years.
0 kommentar(er)
