Wake Up Dead Man (2025)

We watched this third Knives Out mystery on Netflix last weekend. It’s a story about spiritual insights into human nature. It is also a critique of religion and beliefs. Over the space of the Holy Week at Easter, a Monsignor is killed (on Good Friday) and is seemingly raised from dead early Sunday morning. But everything is not as it seems.

Along the way, Benoit Blanc has a conversion (of sorts) like Saul on the road to Damascus. Hmm.

The title of this piece came to me as part of a dream sequence last night. A group of twenty (or so) people had convened to discuss spiritual matters. The ambient noise from the room made it hard for me to hear clearly what was being said. At last I got up to challenge the group: I asked, “Do you have the Keys to the Kingdom? Do you even know where the lock is?” And then I walked out of the meeting.

It’s all connected. There are so many YouTube videos produced by AI bots which purport to tell the viewer that they’ve been lied to forever. These are raising questions that challenge our belief systems. But should we be taking their word for what’s right or wrong? Deep inside, we already know the answers. Search your own heart for the Truth. Wake Up Dead Man!