Catholic Church
When I watched this movie again recently the host on Turner movies claimed that the movie was originally supposed to be set in the US but Catholic bishops thought the concept was too much like the Immaculate Conception/Virgin Birth and objected so production was moved to England. I think this is very unlikely for several reasons. The Immaculate Conception refers to the Birth of Mary and not Jesus. If he had meant the Virgin Birth of Jesus it is still unlkiely because none of the mothers claimed to be virgins although one mother was a young teenager and assumed to have not been sexually active and the movie does not explore how the women were physically inseminated. Also the Virgin Mary's pregnancy was obviously voluntary. So there is no comparison between VotD and the Immaculate Conception/Virgin Birth for the bishops to object to. In additon, how would the bishops know the plot of a yet to be made movie that wasn't that big of a hit? Possible, but unlikely. And if they did object why would setting the movie in England versus America mollify them? Finally, the bishop's keep their movie reviews on their site and gave VotD a positive review and I can find no evidence online that they ever made these supposed objections. No I do not want to argue about Catholicism/the Catholic Bishops in this country/censorship etc. But the host was, from what I can tell wrong and if something is incorrect than that should be corrected.
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