1 This show shows the real Frobiden City Vatican, which has existed for thousands of years and is becoming more and more important. The curiosity of the public and the 1.27 billion believers (as of October 2006) are destined to have a large market.
2 In the American TV series, the Pope is an American, and the setting of the protagonist meets the psychological needs of the American Pope that Americans have been expecting for many years.
3 The Pope is the spiritual leader of the global Catholic Church and a large number of Protestants, and the representative of Christians in the world. Few playwrights dare to shoot this religious theme. Maybe even express the subject matter not too far off the mark. What can be seen and shown in the reality of universal human beings is the "His Holiness" of the Pope. The exploration of the Pope's humanity is an important theme and a selling point of the play.
4 The writer and director of the script is the director himself, that is to say, it is like a general who wants to be a cook. Of course, the director is still very worthy of recognition. At least in terms of the creation of the play, the whole play is still very good. The characters are deeply portrayed, and their personalities are distinct and full. The ten-episode structure is clear and rhythmic.
5 As a Catholic priest, I still have to thank this drama, because our church can't make such secular works, so in some degree it shows the beauty of religion positively.
6 Still want to send some positive messages: The Pope said that he did not believe that God could save him, but he did not say that he had no faith. His prayers did work miracles. His problem is still in the shadow of childhood, and in the process of coming out of the shadow, he solves the problem of his own position as the pope.
7 It is not easy for the cardinals of the church. Most of them have doctorates (for example, Cardinal Yu Bin from China had three doctorates in the past), and they are very talented and tall. So many old bishops in the play allude to the problem of the church's aging. There can be no ladies in high positions within the Holy See. It is impossible for everyone to enter the Vatican Pope's private garden.
The liturgy in 8 is confusing and should serve to remind Catholic viewers that the play is fictional. Because the triple crown (the Pope's ""crown") was sold by Pope John XXIII, who presided over the Second Vatican Council, to raise funds, many of the ceremonies that the Pope extended after the Second Vatican Council have been reformed. Mass too, but the mass in the play is still the etiquette before Vatican II. The Pope probably used the pre-Vatican II liturgy when he spoke to the College of Cardinals for the first time. The woman with whom the Pope talks as he slips out of the Vatican uses a smartphone. So the timeline is intentionally blurred by the writers.
9 People in the world generally think about the question of the heart - does God really exist? The specific reaction is in Laney's private beliefs, and at the same time he has criticized several specific problems in the church, the bureaucratization of the church, the aging of the clergy, secularization, and even scandals, as well as the problem of homosexuality, alcoholism in these problems Some of them are pointed, some are allusions, and some are the main issue. Of course, homosexuals cannot be priests (this is the current rule of the church), but this problem is magnified in the play. To this end, I also responded to some netizens. The issue of homosexuality in the church ministry has become more important after several scandals, and there are now psychological methods to find out, and the church does not usually accept this type of priest. So it's a very small minority, but these few really do a lot of damage to the church and society.
The main line of the 10 dramas is from darkness to light, from division to unity, from childhood shadows - midlife crisis - crisis of faith - crisis of the role of the Pope-elect - crisis of the whole church to rediscovering oneself and gaining the most important thing in life. Growth, self-cultivation, cultivation within the teaching reach to the cultivation of the whole church and the cultivation of the world. By showing the human nature of the Pope in the play, it is also praising human nature, showing the beauty of human nature, and at the same time, it is also the best way to show the greatness of God, so some people say that the Pope will agree with this play.
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