Responding to allegations of being left behind during the evolution of teaching methods, our R.E. teacher decided to show us this film during one double period. It details the admirable story of a minister who devoted his life to saving the souls of New York gang members, pimps, hoes and thugs, by spreading the word of God.
Naturally, you would expect some gritty dialogue and scenes of a violent nature. Instead, we were met by a gang who looked like the extras who had been rejected from Michael Jackson's 'Bad' video for not being 'Bad' enough - Coupled with memorable lines such as, "I hear you like Rap. Well two thousand years ago, this cat called Jesus used to rap - About God."
Note to teachers: Hear me up, jive-turkeys. Any attempt to be 'cool' is destined to fail. If you had any concept of coolness, your choice of profession would have been different. You dig?