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| Sunday, June 15, 2003 |
More Mel: Mel Gibson is striking back. Last week, we reported that the actor/director was under fire for his upcopming film The Passion which details the last 12 hours of Jesus' life. Christian and Jewish leaders alike claimed that not only was the movie's portrayal innacurate, but that it would incite anti-Semitism for the role the Jewish community played in Jesus' crucifixion. Now, it seems Gibson, a staunch Catholic, is striking back. In a prepared statement, Gibson said: “Neither I nor my film are anti-Semitic ... Nor do I hate anybody — certainly not the Jews. They are my friends and associates ... Anti-Semitism is not only contrary to my personal beliefs, it is also contrary to the core message of my movie.”
The statement made Friday also claims that the Roman Catholic Church is helping Gibson find the "deep throat" who leaked the film's script to an ad hoc group fo Christian and Jewish leaders.
In the end, this film may have the same half life as the recent CBS mini-series Hitler: The Rise of Evil. At first, people were appalled. Then they actually saw the film and said it was not only good, but educational. Then, in the end, nobody ended up watching the movie anyway.
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