Sunday, September 21, 2003

Latest on the Passion

It seems to be getting nastier all the time; here is one of the latest offerings:

Frank Rich, The Greatest Story Ever Told

Jim Davila comments on this in Paleojudaica.com, with updates.

There's a report about Rich's article here on NewsMax.com:

Phil Brennan, NY Times' Rich Lashes Out at Mel Gibson, O'Reilly

Then read Frank Brennan's response:

A Response to Frank Rich & the Times

Extraordinary to watch all this from the UK, where the story has hardly caused a ripple. I haven't met a single person yet who has even heard of the film, let alone the controversy surrounding it.

Meanwhile, a sentence from Russell Crowe is getting widely reported,
The Gladiator star was asked on radio what he thought of the film, which was shot entirely in Aramaic, Hebrew and Latin. Crowe slammed the project. "I think he's got to get off the glue," Crowe said. (e.g., see here).

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