In the short film, Jesus Christ was a Commie, Mathew Modine compares the teachings and actions of Jesus Christ to that of communism. He does not mean to equate Jesus' methods to the communism that was exemplified by Stalin, but to the core ideologies of communism, such as common ownership and brotherhood. Modine believes that communism did not fail because it was wrong, but do to the fact that people are not selfless by nature. They are generous when they can afford to be. Jesus thought that it did not make sense to mistreat someone when all of humanity must share one Earth. When a person harms another, it is done to make them feel better and superior. Jesus believed that people needed to reexamine morality. Modine made very intriguing points in his assessment that Jesus showed many of the core beliefs of communism in his ministry as well as explaining that communism could never work because of human greed. Although Modine made some very good arguments, the title of the film uses marketing to grab the attention of the viewers. This tactic uses media to toy with the emotions of viewers, and could perhaps go against the teachings of Jesus.
Review of Jesus Was a Commie
