The Protocols of Mel Gibson

[mrgorth]

Note: I haven't seen The Passion yet so I'm not making any judgements. That said, this review is consistent with what I've heard. It's not that "Jews are blamed for the death of Christ", it's the way they are brutally charicatured. I like how Mel sticks with the "Jesus looked like Chris Cornell" meme.

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In The Passion, the high priest Caiaphas and his faction are not just bad, they fit neatly into ancient Christian stereotypes: They are rich, arrogant and gaudily dressed; they plot and scheme and bribe; they cleverly manipulate the brutal but straightforward Romans...

http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20040329&s=pollitt