{"id":564,"date":"2004-04-03T22:42:09","date_gmt":"2004-04-04T03:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/yulelog\/2004\/04\/03\/nail-up-pin-up-same-difference-meet-i"},"modified":"2007-02-13T20:18:45","modified_gmt":"2007-02-14T00:18:45","slug":"nail-up-pin-up-same-difference-meet-image-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/yulelog\/2004\/04\/03\/nail-up-pin-up-same-difference-meet-image-boy\/","title":{"rendered":"Nail-up, Pin-up, same difference: meet Image Boy"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a> In today’s Toronto Star<\/em>, What a trend we have in Jesus<\/a> by David Graham:<\/p>\n

…celebrities, including Brad Pitt, Ben Affleck, Ashton Kutcher and Pamela Anderson, have been spotted wearing “Jesus is My Home Boy”<\/a> T-shirts and baseball hats. The shirts and caps appeal to religious and fashion types, explains Chris Hoy<\/a>, a partner in Teenage Millionaire<\/a>, the company that sells the shirts. “We were looking for pop icons of the 21st century and Jesus topped the list.”
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\nBarbara Atkin, fashion director of Holt Renfrew<\/a>, makes it her job to stay ahead of cultural trends. “We are fascinated with Jesus now because we are searching for comfort, hope and meaning in a fearful world,” Atkin says. “Whether people buy the message or not, they are clinging to the symbols.”
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\nIn the wake of the ’60s anti-war movement, Jesus was portrayed as a pacifist (Jesus Christ Superstar). But now, in our current violence-obsessed culture, Mel Gibson’s vision of a bloodied action-hero is “a reflection of the savage quality of American life,” says Fox<\/a>, who argues that in the film Jesus appears more super-human than divine.
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\nMedia critic Neal Gabler<\/a>, who has written several books on popular culture, has drawn a clear distinction between Jesus and God. The reason Jesus has become a celebrity and God has not is simple, he argues.<\/p>\n

“There’s no decent visual for God.”<\/em> [More…<\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It was ever thus. (And, shameless self-promotion in wake of Gabler’s pithy summary, see also my other entry re. iconoclasm<\/a> and Gibson’s movie. I really appreciate Gabler’s use of the word “decent” here. Right on.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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