Judy today: > > > > Nope, but I've never expressed a critical > > > > opinion about it, either (just as I have not > > > > done so with either "The Sopranos" or > > > > "Apocalypto," you see).
Judy a few months ago (stuff in brackets in the 2nd paragraph and all of the Subject title and final paragraph: > > > Subject: Mel Gibson, Christian bigot > > > > > > ...If there were ever an apocalypse in the > > > history of the Maya -- and herein lies the > > > ultimate demoralizing irony of the movie -- > > > it would be because of European contact. But > > > in the movie, after two hours of excess, > > > hyperbole and hysteria, the Spaniards represent > > > the arrival of sanity [i.e., Christianity--JS] > > > to the Maya world. The tacit paternalism [and > > > bigotry--JS] is devastating. > > > > > > To highlight what the writer tactfully leaves > > > implicit, Gibson has slandered the Maya and > > > mangled history for the purpose of exalting the > > > purported superiority of Christianity. > > > > I'm sure she doesn't consider any > > of them "critical opinion," but I'm not sure > > how many people would agree with her. > > Of course they aren't "critical opinion." > > > As for the film itself, as an exercise in fair- > > ness and "intellectual honesty," or maybe just > > to see whether her *obvious* "critical opinion" > > Obviously *not* "critical opinion." Thank you for redefining "critical opinion" for us, Judy. I look forward to using the term "bigot" in future posts here when referring to you, secure in the knowledge that you (a profes- sional editor, after all) have declared that the use of this term is not critical.
