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| Tuesday, June 10, 2003 |
 Jesus fights back: Mel Gibson is mad -- and we're not referring to Mad Max. The actor/director, apparently, is preparing to sue the Anti-Defamation League for bad-mouthing his upcoming Jesus biopic entitled The Passion. We don't know why the ADL is making such a big deal about the movie. It's not like anyone is actually going to understand it. The film, which wrapped shooting in Rome last month, will be entirely in Latin and Aramaic -- without subtitles.
As well, an ad hoc committee of the U.S. bishops' Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs issued an 18-page report last month criticizing the script of the movie. The ad hoc scholar's group that produced the report was assembled by Eugene Fisher of the bishops' conference and Rabbi Eugene Korn of the Anti-Defamation League, and comprised a mix of nine Jewish and Christian academics -- only two of which were named Eugene. One of the signers, Amy-Jill Levine of Vanderbilt University describes herself as "a Yankee Jewish feminist ... with a commitment to exposing and expunging anti-Jewish, sexist and heterosexist theologies." The group's report criticized everything from the size of the cross used for the crucifixion scene, to the languages spoken, to poor character development. The document's central complaint, however, is that "a graphic movie presentation of the crucifixion could reawaken the very anti-Semitic attitudes that we have devoted our careers to combating."
Hmmm, you think the ADL will go after the producers of Bruce Almighty for having Jim Carrey portray God?
Thanks to Avraham at the Protocols blog for bringing this matter to our attention.
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