Friday, March 26, 2004

Still more Passion

Thanks to Helenann Hartley for this one from BBC News:

Passion ignites world audiences
The Passion of the Christ, which has aroused controversy around the world, opens in UK cinemas on Friday

This article references one of my favourite web sites, Ship of Fools, so I have taken a look at their Passion coverage. The first article is a must-read:

Gory, Gory Hallelujah
Steve Tomkins on The Passion, violence in films and evangelical doublethink
Was it not a bit violent? Ah, yes, but, you see. "The violence is intended not to titillate or entertain, but to emphasize the reality of the unspeakable suffering that our Savior endured on our behalf." The assumption that no other violent films have a similarly serious purpose because they don't feature Jesus is breathtaking.
I was going to reference the next article on Ship of Fools here, but it is so good that it needs to be dignified with a blog entry of its own.

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