PASSION OF THE CHRIST: NOW WE KNOW FOR SURE

From the Huffington Post:

The Upsides of Mel Gibson's Anti-Semitic Rant

Can we all now agree that The Passion of the Christ was soooooo anti-Semitic? I thought it was that anti-Semitic when I first saw it, with all the Jews leering at Jesus and conniving to have him killed. It was so over the top. It was almost an SNL skit of what a movie would like if it was trying to be anti-Semitic.

Before Gibson's outburst people denied it, even though he admitted it was partly based on the vision of an anti-Semitic 19th century nun. But when you look at the movie now, in light of what was clearly going through Gibson's mind, it becomes undeniable.

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You know, I've never really liked Mel Gibson all that much. Mad Max bores me; I guess The Road Warrior is okay, but more for heralding in the 80s post-apocalyptic sci-fi look than for anything Gibson did as an actor. Speaking of his acting, his Hamlet is what made me realize that he has virtually no chops, just a good looking guy with a vaguely interesting personality--in a just universe, he would have ended up as a male prostitute in New York City, servicing old queens in their schmantzy apartments in Chelsea. I finally got around to watching the first Lethal Weapon movie a few years ago, and I just felt sorry for him trying to play this unbalanced and depressed guy; he was so awful--not a bad film, I guess, but only because of the cool car crashes, explosions, and Danny Glover; Mel is really a weak link there.

So my reaction to his Cartmanesque ravings about "the Jews" was pretty much along the lines of, "Cool, maybe we won't have to put up with his bland acting anymore." That, and the fact that pretty much all charges about The Passion of the Christ being anti-Semetic are now totally confirmed. The responses he gave when the movie was released about how it's simply trying to be faithful to what's in the Gospels simply ring hollow now--the Gospels also portray many Jews, certainly waaaay more than those who yelled "crucify him," who positively loved Jesus; Gibson, as director, chose to emphasize the "Christ killer" aspect over the adoring masses aspect. Now we know why. He's an anti-Semite.

But then, I already thought that.


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