--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@>
> wrote:
> <snip>
> > I think Satan would start out as a cool guy to party with, but
then
> > he'd just start being a jerk, like drinking all your beer,
> borrowing
> > cash and not returning it, starting little fires in your house,
> > stealing stuff from you, shit like that...so I'll save myself
the
> > trouble and not party with him.
>
> Or perhaps he remains the perfect host, keeping the
> party so entertaining that it never occurs to you
> to wonder whether there might be a *better* party
> going on upstairs.
>
> Reminds me of a standout episode of the otherwise
> late and unlamented TV drama "Touched by an Angel,"
> in which Mandy Patinkin plays a Satan figure who
> tempts the lead angel character with life as a
> human, complete with adoring husband and kiddies,
> which she can have if she renounces her faith in
> God and her angel status.
>
> (It's really well done; Patinkin underplays
> brilliantly. There's a YouTube clip from the
> episode. If anybody's interested, I'll get the URL.)
>
Bedazzled is the best movie on Satan I've seen, and hilarious!
