The Anthropological Claims of Napoleon Dynamite

Over at Touchstone, Michael Bailey explores the deeper meaning of the wildly popular movie, Napoleon Dynamite, calling it a "humorous but touching critique of the inevitable loneliness and meaninglessness of individualism when it is stripped of the context of genuine community. Its message is consistent with a Christian moral anthropology, that human beings are not intended to 'fly solo,' but made to live in a community marked by the vulnerability and sacrifice of love."