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In this chapter I use Fantasy Theme Criticism to look at Prison Break in order to uncover the ways in which its mantra, “have a little faith,” is both encoded and translated into Christian spiritual and religious visions for the characters’ lives.
First, I define and link key terms as presented in the series—faith and vision. Then, I examine important and interesting religious issues raised by the series (i.e., how religion can provide both a means of imprisonment and a means of escape), interrogating the ways in which religious visions disrupt the logics around which the identity of “prisoner” is defined and performed, how religious visions and the plans they catalyze can attract “the unconverted,” other prisoners (and/or audience members) who have not yet realized escape is possible.
“Have a Little Faith: Religious Visions in 20th Century Fox Television’s Drama ‘Prison Break’,” in Small Screen/Big Picture: Television and Lived Religion (Waco: Baylor University Press, 2009): 343-372. [1] |
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