----- Original Message ----- From: "John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 9:31 PM Subject: Re: Reviews for Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ"
> At 12:22 PM 2/5/2004 -0600 Reggie Bautista wrote: > > Gibson Cuts Passion Scene > > > > Mel Gibson, responding to focus groups as much as to protests by Jewish > > critics, has decided to delete a controversial scene about Jews from > >his film, > > The Passion of the Christ, a close associate told The New York Times. A > > scene in the film, in which the Jewish high priest Caiaphas calls down > >a kind > > of curse on the Jewish people by declaring of the Crucifixion, "His > >blood be > > on us and on our children," will not be in the movie's final version, > >the Gibson > > associate, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told the newspaper. > > Out of curiosity, does anyone here consider this to be a positive development? > It depends on whether the film version gave the proper historical context for the quote. That quote has been the proof text used by folks to support evil done in the name of Christ. Given the baggage that it has, he really really needed to have it expressed in a manner that clearly didn't support this view....as the actual text does not...especially when taken in its proper context. His quotes on taking it out was that he didn't feel that he achieved this goal. If that were true, then he should have taken it out. If he actually achieved this goal, then it was unfortunate that he took it out. A parallel that I'm reminded of is the play "Huckleberry Finn." When it was put on in Chicago, roughly 30 years ago, black leaders raised concerns because the book depicted Huck accepting slavery as the norm and God ordained. However, having seen the play, the saw that this view wasn't Twain's, and that the play brought out the true spirit of the book. They ended up endorsing the play. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
