Someone has described the four Gospels as "passion narratives with extended introductions."  Indeed.  All the action and teaching prior to the passion of Christ serves as harbinger to the suffering to come.  The scenes grow more affecting from Gethsemane.  The intensity swells until the heart nearly bursts.  Consider Matthew 27:

Love me some the Mardi Gras Indians!

Woohoo! It's Fat Tuesday! Mardi Gras! Pancake Tuesday! The Tuesday before Lent, that is. It's the last day people can indulge in excess before they give it up for the season of deprivation. Of course, lots of people just enjoy the indulgence without following it with the deprivation of Lent...! Not that there's anything wrong with that...Laissez les bon temps roulez, right?!

Maybe Corinne was just exhausted...

More thoughts about the movie Higher Ground...