The Purpose Of The Passion?

4 February 2004

Much is being made of a recent story that suggests Mel Gibson’s new movie is likely to be further edited before its premier later this month. There’s an entry and a string of comments on the World Magazine blog.

There are plenty of other stories and weblog posts flying around.

We’re nearing a point where we must think again about the purposes for making this movie. Otherwise, this ”current event” will undergo exactly the same polarizing debate that every other current event in the news gets.

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