Man dressed as the devil disrupts The Passion of The Christ movie
 

Moviegoers at Stadium 16 Theater in Evansville attending a showing of ?Passion of the Christ? got more than they bargained for Saturday night.

They were greeted in the lobby of the theater by a man wearing a ?red devil? costume. Tyler Wendell, a 19 year old freshman at the University of Southern Indiana, caused quite a ruckus with his get-up. The audience, many who were part of church groups, was visibly upset by the antics of Wendell.

?I always like to push the limits,? Wendell said. Many were upset that Wendell chose to wear a devil costume to a religious movie. Many patrons jeered Wendell as he stood in line for concessions.

Once inside the movie, Christians began pelting Wendell with Gummy Bears, Ju-Ju Bees, and popcorn. Management got involved after a 75-year-old woman, Hazel Meyer, poured a 64-ounce Coca-Cola on Wendell.

Tim Tolbert, General Manager of Kerasotes Stadium 16, asked Wendell to leave because he was such a disruptive presence. ?Our corporate policy is to eject anyone that interferes with the movie experience of fellow patrons,? Tolbert said.

Ingrid Holzappel, a member of Corpus Christi Catholic Church, was outraged. ?This is no place for this type of behavior,? Holzappel remarked, ?This was already a sensitive subject, and then to mock it by dressing up as Satan is despicable.?

When asked what he hoped to accomplish by his actions, Wendell said he likes doing things to get a reaction. He was also inspired by a biography he read about the Marquis de Sade.

De Sade was an 18th century writer who caused scandals with his libertine behavior in pre-revolutionary France. De Sade was once arrested for desecrating the Holy Eucharist to see if God really existed. Wendell said his stunt was along the same lines.

Wendell, an atheist, said, ?If God really existed, He would have struck me down for dressing as the devil.? He also wanted to prove ?that Christians aren?t as forgiving as they portray?. Wendell says his actions were also partially due to a genuine dislike of Mel Gibson.

Tolbert replied that Wendell was ?a misguided and deranged person.? Tolbert also said measures are being taken to ensure this type of disruption does not occur again. ?From now on, people dressed offensively will not be allowed to enter the theatre.? Kerasotes? management is in the process of creating new guidelines for preventing people dressed as ?evil beings? from gaining entrance to the theatre.

As of this writing, Evansville police were investigating the incident.

http://www.hoosiergazette.com/News/news022.htm

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Those nutty religious types are usually the worst ones. If they really followed the Bible or whatever, they would have just prayed for that kid, like Jesus did at the end of the movie.

Crazy fucker :1orglaugh

There's something about that line that just cracks me up. :1orglaugh

There's always one isn't there...

This guy rocks...wish I had thought of that.

you had to expects someone to do it somewhere. I guess he's trying to land a show on MTV

that shows how stupid and ignorant most religious people are. i could see them getting pissed if he was standing up yelling or something during the movie.

if i was him i would sue the movie theatre for discrimination. they throw him out but not the old hag that dumps a 64 ounce on him?

Dude cant you see the guy is obviously an

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haha. thats great. if he wasnt doing anything to cause disruption they should have thrown out the old bag. he better have got his ticket money refunded.

what was a 75 year old lady doing with a 64 ouce coke anyway? She was only going to go to the bathroom a ton of times...way to respect your god.

Very true. I saw the movie and I though that was good, how did mel gibson know what they were saying the whole time.

Hey they could of plugged by sites in latin . hehe:winkwink:

Mouhahahaha

Would be funny to do that !! :Graucho

Heh, funny kinda. Isn't there some constitutional ammendment that preserves our right to dress up as 'evil beings' :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

bucnh of anti-devmites:BangBang:

See thats what you got to love about all these bible thumpers and relgious types. They will preach to you every minute of their life but then they pull shit like this just makes them look stupid

cool man :Graucho

haha, this is a good stunt; i actually had an interesting idea for this 'passions' trend:

"THE LOWER CLASS REACTION TO RELIGIOUS PROPAGANDA"
- Me taping the proleteriats reaction to "Passions of the Christ" and posting it on the internet, will this tickles everyone bourgeois sensibilities enough to generate fanfare?

HA! Good for him. That's some funny shit. Though the people were WAY out of line throwing things at him. That was very un-Christian like, but yet typical Christian behavior.

"""Christians began pelting Wendell with Gummy Bears, Ju-Ju Bees, and popcorn. ."""

That's not very "christian" like is it?...

Hypocritical Freaks.

:1orglaugh That guy has real guts, I am surprised they didn't kill him :glugglug

no kidding...ju-ju bees fucking hurt