Sometimes it isn’t art imitating life that stuns people, so much as it is imitation artists doing all they can to offend as many folks as possible with their attention-seeking creations.
Case in point: An updated version of Michelangelo’s breathtakingly beautiful Pietà which depicts the Blessed Virgin Mary cradling the crucified Son of God in her arms.
It was unveiled by a bearded man in drag, features a tattooed Jesus Christ and a transgender Madonna, and it is being called an “abomination.”
Michelangelo Buonarroti’s Pietà 2.0 with tattooed Jesus Christ and trans Madonna. pic.twitter.com/nMtnBqQ4nf
— RadioGenoa (@RadioGenoa) November 30, 2023
An abomination and insult
— Talking Truth (@_TalkingTruth_) November 30, 2023
Truly pathetic.
— Hugh Jolley (@hugh_jolley) December 1, 2023
Christianity has fallen.
Demons can openly mock Christ.
— God Emperor (@herceg_kristian) November 30, 2023
Others noted that only Christians are treated with such disrespect.
“Funny how they only do this with Christian iconography, it’s such a boring and completely safe version of ‘look mom! Look how edgy I am!'” stated one user. “You want to actually be subversive, why not do one of the other religions like Islam or Judaism? Or any other religion?”
“Now do Mohammed,” another quipped.
“Imagine doing this to any other Religion and what would the media do?” asked a third. “They have no problem because it’s Christian’s. They want to mock Jesus and the Blessed Mary. I don’t think it’s appropriate at all.”
Funny how they only do this with Christian iconography, it’s such a boring and completely safe version of “look mom! Look how edgy I am!”
You want to actually be subversive, why not do one of the other religions like Islam or Judaism? Or any other religion?
— Luka Hein (@onedonebun) November 30, 2023
Now do Mohammed.
— XBradTC (@xbradtc) November 30, 2023
Imagine doing this to any other Religion and what would the media do? They have no problem because it’s Christian’s. They want to mock Jesus and the Blessed Mary. I don’t think it’s appropriate at all.
— floridanow1 (@floridanow1) November 30, 2023
Many critics pointed out that the artist, whose identity remains unclear, isn’t even original.
After all, offensive depictions of Jesus is so 1980s:
This sort of C- “art” was vaguely edgy when Piss Christ was a thing. In 1987. https://t.co/izUhezKM6f
— Peter Savodnik (@petersavodnik) November 30, 2023
When “demons” mock, often the best course of action is to mock back, without mercy.
“I’d make fun of him,” one user said of the artist, “but he is doing a fine job all by himself.”
“That’s not even offensive,” remarked another user. “It’s like… predictable.”
“The most offensive thing in this video is the artist’s plastic surgeon,” stated a sarcastic third.
I’d make fun of him, but he is doing a fine job all by himself.
— Robert Kangel (@TiredGeekDad) December 1, 2023
That’s not even offensive. It’s like… predictable.
— Aaron Nelson (@TheOnlyATN) November 30, 2023
The most offensive thing in this video is the artists plastic surgeon. https://t.co/lRxPAi5IX9
— John Aguilera LI Retro Expo (@liretroimports) December 1, 2023
But at least one user is praying for the artist.
“May God have mercy on your soul,” the user wrote. “In the meantime, savor the attention. It will be small consolation.”
May God have mercy on your soul.
In the meantime, savor the attention. It will be small consolation.— KJP’s Notebook (@KJPsNotebook) December 1, 2023
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