This is just an assumption, but wouldn't Mel have known what he was getting into in the first place? With all the stigma surrounding so volatile a subject as the death of Jesus (notice the intended omission of "the annointed one"), I would again assume that there would be at the very least a mild uproar regarding the film.

-Travis "Less volatile subject matter gets enough criticism as it is" Edmunds


From: "The Fool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "xBrin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Gibson, The Passion, and Holocaust Denial
Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2004 09:23:19 -0600

In Respect to a Film Only JDG could Love:

<<http://dneiwert.blogspot.com/2004_01_25_dneiwert_archive.html#1075578058
93121726>>

Mel Gibson, evidently, is dreading the worst when his film about Christ's
crucifixion, The Passion of the Christ, is released later next month. He
probably should -- and for good reason.

According to Charisma News [registration required], Gibson thinks the
early dustup raised by Jewish leaders (as well as religious scholars)
over the film's allegedly anti-Semitic content was just a harbinger of
the criticism that awaits him when the movie goes national, on Feb. 25:

...



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