There's just something about a show that can feature
The President of the United States (as played by
Martin Sheen) throwing himself on the altar of the
National Cathedral cursing
God in
Latin (he told Christ to "go to the cross", about the equivalent of "Screw you!" or "Go to Hell!")...and then top it off by having the cast assemble to
Brothers in Arms as sung by
Mark Knopfler (a song that should be classified as a
munition of
psychological warfare, at the very least, and its use restricted by the
Geneva Convention for its capabilites for emotional devastation) ...
Robert Anton Wilson himself couldn't have come up with this one....
Martin Sheen has publically stated he's made an act of contrition for the cursing bit...He recorded some PSA's specifically for the occasion....Nice to know he's not going to burn...
For the record, here's the monologue:
(scornfully) Gratias tibi ago, Domine.
In other words, Thanks a lot, God.
(long pause)
Haec credam a deo pio, a deo justo, a deo scito?
Cruciatus in crucem.
Go to the cross, Christ!
Cruciatus in crucem --
(with a dismissive wave of the hand)
eas in crucem!