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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I loved the ending![/quote]

:roll: [/quote]

OP - why the eye roll? I agree with PP that ending was great and unexpected … [/quote]

Unexpected?? It’s been talked about (and rightly mocked) since the moment it was released. [/quote]

We had a good laugh about it - the movie was excellent and that was just a deadpan twist at end.

And possibly was not without historical precedent - Pope Joan was a medieval Englishwoman who allegedly disguised herself as a man to follow her lover to the papacy  in the ninth century. She became well-educated, rose through the ranks of the church, and was elected pope. Her secret was reportedly revealed when she gave birth during a papal procession. Some say she died in childbirth, while others say her followers stoned her to death. Might have been made up to warn women about knowing their place.

I admire many aspects about the Catholic Church (have lived in countries where people depended on priests and nuns for providing education and medical care) but left it as I don’t think it is right for old men in the Vatican to dictate childbirth decisions for women - especially poor women in poor countries where most Catholics are these days.

This film was so well done but we did not take it too seriously. [/quote]

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