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It's been a while now since I watched the film, so I can't accurately remember, but I'm not actually going to watch it again to find out.
As much as I think that you may be right, you do have to realize that Hollywood has portrayed people/people groups in ways like that since the movie industry actually started. I was making the point that picking on Mel Gibson for something that the industry as a whole does, while accepting the rest of the industry and all their portrayals of people/people groups, is the height of hypocrisy. No one person should be singled out to be the 'fall guy' with regards to this particular problem, which I think Mel Gibson largely has been, mostly by Hollywood itself, and also by the mainstream media. I think that if someone wants to take issue with him, they should also take issue with all other people/movie studios like him. The problem is that people are so quick to judge Mel for what he did, and so quick to forget the hundreds of examples of other filmmakers, studios, etc throughout the years that have done exactly the same thing (particularly, I've found, if such a person or studio is a personal favourite). Not getting religious here, but Christians in particular have, 90% of the time, been portrayed in much the same way in Hollywood movies. How many times have you seen the local vicar/priest/pastor been portrayed as a affeminite wimp/crazy person/whatever else? I could name many other examples, but that should suffice for now.
Oops. Forgot to tag [MGIBS] {nm} Sep 08, 18:03
( Checks calendar) Must be April first. {nm} Sep 08, 18:12
Interesting piece of trivia there. Thanks for that. Yes, I wonder how it's going to be told. {nm} Sep 08, 18:19
It is not trivia. Not sure where that came from. Not the case. {nm} Sep 08, 21:31
There I go for just accepting something at face value... *facepalm* {nm} Sep 08, 21:32
For clarity, what aspect of Jesus calling it "trivia" are you objecting to? {nm} Sep 08, 22:53
If Gibson's heavily involved, I can't imagine the telling being anything that could be perceived as anti-Semitic. Sep 08, 18:22
Where he is one of the ones slaughtered by the Romans? :P {nm} Sep 08, 20:24
Does Mel even have "people" anymore? {nm} Sep 08, 22:55
Dude, that's ridiculous. There is no truth to that. {nm} Sep 08, 21:30
I won't pay for a Gibson film, but can't wait for the Tourette-like outtakes layered with Eszterhaus' literary flourishes{nm} Sep 08, 19:34
Personally I don't really care what he does in his personal life. Sep 08, 20:06
if he would hate christians and not jews, i dont think you would feel the same way {nm} Sep 08, 20:57
its more than saying jews start all the wars, but I appreciate your point {nm} Sep 08, 21:17
I met Mel a good number of times years ago when I was in marketing and we did work for his films. All I can say is.. Sep 09, 01:31
How is his behaviour in that regard any different to someone that we see down the street? Sep 08, 23:17
The Passion is a masterpiece. It is also an openly antisemitic film. Sep 09, 00:34
It's been a while now since I watched the film, so I can't accurately remember, but I'm not actually going to watch it again to find out. Sep 09, 00:52
I really wish this were an Onion headline. As an MOT, I'm highly offended. {nm} Sep 08, 21:03
