Why This New Movie About Nuns Won't Ever Stop Being Funny

The summer before my first year of college, my classmates and I received copies of Homer's Iliad in an elaborate orientation ceremony. The book's spine had yet to be creased; its margins yet to be filled with the mutterings of professors. Yet while our copies were brand-new, the book's contents had been read by generations of students. Now, it was our turn. Classic texts like the Iliad are still read today because they connect us to truths that remain untarnished by time. But such truths aren't ...