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|Despite being based on a recurring skit from ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', which is infamous for its history of liberal bias, this comedy designed to pay tribute to jazz and blues music contains a surprising conservative subtext. Blues singer siblings Joliet Jake and Elwood Blues embark on a "mission from God" by reuniting their bandmates, who have scattered around the Chicago area, so they can raise money to save the Catholic orphanage wherein they grew up. Even though the film is R-rated for vulgar language and often destructive slapstick comedy, it's Vatican approved. Had one sequel in 1998, "The Blues Brothers 2000".<ref>[http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/06/18/vatican-blesses-blues-brothers/ Vatican Calls The Blues Brothers "Catholic", FOXNews, June 19, 2010]</ref>
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|Despite being based on a recurring skit from ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', which is infamous for its history of liberal bias, this comedy designed to pay tribute to jazz and blues music contains a surprising conservative subtext. Blues singer siblings Joliet Jake and Elwood Blues embark on a "mission from God" by reuniting their bandmates, who have scattered around the Chicago area, so they can raise money to save the Catholic orphanage wherein they grew up. Even though the film is R-rated for vulgar language and often destructive slapstick comedy, it's Vatican approved. Had one sequel in 1998, ''Blues Brothers 2000''.<ref>[http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/06/18/vatican-blesses-blues-brothers/ Vatican Calls The Blues Brothers "Catholic", FOXNews, June 19, 2010]</ref>
 
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