med. 8

I really liked The Mysteries; I thought that it was ahead of its time as a production as was its content. I think my favorite part of it was the scene with Abraham and Isaac. It was definitely the most touching scene I saw in The Mysteries, even more so that the Crucifixion scene. I realize that the very point of the Abraham-Isaac scene was to parallel the Crucifixion, but I just felt so much worse when Isaac was going to die than when Jesus was going to. I think it might be because with Jesus its easier just to vilify Rome and the guards who are joking as Jesus is dying, as opposed to just feeling sorry for Abraham. I had read that story in the Bible, but the effect isn’t the same, mainly because you don’t hear what Isaac is saying to his father before he is about to die. Another scene I liked was the End of the World scene, when Satan and his demons were dragging people to hell, but I think that most people liked that scene because of the broken tie.