Wednesday, 14 January 2026

The artistic genius of Buddy Christ


It is possible some of my readers do not know that remarkably... memorable image of our Saviour "Buddy Christ" - which was a briefly glimpsed statue, peripheral to the plot of a rather mediocre 1999 film called Dogma

Such is the genius of this movie prop that it has since become a lasting cultural phenomenon.



 

Francis Berger and I try to analyse the greatness of this icon in the comments to a post at his blog; which is primarily about another (for rather different reasons) striking image of Jesus:

 



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