Offensive, religious or empty calories?
Here we have this life sized chocolate sculpture of a naked man standing in a Jesus Christ pose. And that’s it. Nothing about the figure sparks any thoughts of religion in my mind. Yet because it is called ‘My Sweet Lord’ it has sparked a world of controversy.
Montreal native Cosimo Cavallaro created this figure out of solid chocolate and intended to display it at Lab Gallery in NYC. But after a string of typical anger and threats by the ever-so-open-minded Catholic Church, the exhibition was canceled. But I have to ask … what the hell were they so offended by?
Take a look at this thing. It looks to be nothing more than a giant bald man. And Jesus was not bald as far as historical records can tell. Or could it be that this guy—who you’ll note isn’t even on a cross—has his hair tightly tied into a ponytail. Did Judas bring a bag of scrunchies to the last supper?
To me he looks less like a Messiah and more like a frat boy getting ready to do a naked swan dive at Spring break. Are the beliefs of the Catholics so weak that the mere inference to Jesus being associated with nudity could spark such anger? Well, yeah! Catholics and Christians in general tend to freak out about things before investigating. Remember ‘The Last Temptation of Christ’? Most of those protestors never even took the time to see the movie.
For all we know, this was a sweet celebration of some Cuban dude named Jésus and not he who spawned the legends of Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny. So if you’re gonna be offended, be offended by the delicious wasted sweets needed to create this or the many flies that would flock to feast on its torso (eventually). Just stop being offended by the simple use of a name or a word.
OK, now I’m off to find a Butterscotch Buddha. Wish me luck.
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