Rodent Regatta

One of the most powerful articles yet for understanding the backdrop against which Mel Gibson decided to make ”The Passion” can be found in last week’s New Yorker magazine. That’s the September 15, 2003 issue.

Peter J. Boyer wrote an article titled The Jesus War. If you want to understand what motivated Gibson to make the movie, and, if you want to understand the forces that are being aligned against him, this article is for you. I found it reprinted on line here.

What I’ve learned is that Boyer’s article is bookended by two op/ed pieces by Frank Rich of the New York Times. One of those ran on August 3, 2003. The other ran yesterday, September 21, 2003.