I can see how the ending can be construed as "woke", but I actually liked it. At the beginning, Lawrence is said to have been questioning his faith, and by the end he seems to have regained his faith after the events of the film and Cardinal Benitez's rise. Taleb also agrees that the Church's switch from traditionalism ( i.e. Mass in Lat…
I can see how the ending can be construed as "woke", but I actually liked it. At the beginning, Lawrence is said to have been questioning his faith, and by the end he seems to have regained his faith after the events of the film and Cardinal Benitez's rise. Taleb also agrees that the Church's switch from traditionalism ( i.e. Mass in Latin, etc.) led to its decline, but I don't see from a story perspective how Tedesco could've won out. The case for Lawrence could've been made, as you did quite well, but then he would've been just a common man overwhelmed by ambition, while instead he was actually a man of honest faith( mostly).
I can see how the ending can be construed as "woke", but I actually liked it. At the beginning, Lawrence is said to have been questioning his faith, and by the end he seems to have regained his faith after the events of the film and Cardinal Benitez's rise. Taleb also agrees that the Church's switch from traditionalism ( i.e. Mass in Latin, etc.) led to its decline, but I don't see from a story perspective how Tedesco could've won out. The case for Lawrence could've been made, as you did quite well, but then he would've been just a common man overwhelmed by ambition, while instead he was actually a man of honest faith( mostly).