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   Monday, August 04, 2003

SPEAK OF THE DEVIL

Seems I've got religion on the brain this week -- maybe the huge failure of that new Jennifer Lopez/Ben Affleck movie has me believing in God again. No, after my comments on religion in film last week, and how we shouldn't judge a movie till we see it, comes a piece in the Guardian on Mel Gibson's new film about the death of Christ. Jewish leaders are apparently quite nervous that Mel's movie depicts their people as bloodthirsty Christ-killers and it's hard to chide their paranoia when he says things like this:

"It may [offend Jewish people]. It's not meant to. I think it's meant to just tell the truth... Anybody who transgresses has to look at their own part or look at their own culpability."

Uh oh. Once again, we must not judge Mel's movie until we've actually seen it but it's okay to be wary of it, right?