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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (31511)	2/25/2004 10:13:26 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793914

ROFL That's really funny stuff.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (31511)	2/26/2004 3:45:04 PM
From: E	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793914

and reviewing Gibson's oeuvre, one critic concluded that judging by the way Gibson revels in martyrdom and torture in his movies, with himself the victim, you have to conclude that The Passion is for him in some sense, auto-biographical. In some sense, it clearly is. Here's a quote from an interview with Gibson: "My dad taught me my faith and I believe what he taught me. The man never lied to me in his life." More review comments: Christopher Hitchens: "Boring, sadistic and lurid in equal measure... fascistic in its intention and fascistic in its esthetic." "He makes it seem as if Pontius Pilate is a mere serf in a Jewish empire." "Simple minded, and claims to be literal minded, but is in fact falsification and an incitement to sado-masochism." David Denby: "A two hour snuff film. One of the most gruesome movies ever put on the screen." Children are being taken in droves to this film by "the faithful."

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (31511)	2/26/2004 3:55:24 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793914

Orthodox Union warns Passion film could weaken faith NEW YORK - A major Jewish American Orthodox body Tuesday warned Jews that seeing Mel Gibson's film "The Passion of the Christ," which premiers Wednesday, could weaken their faith. "If Jews see the film and identify with the image of Jesus, they will dis-identify with their own God given Jewish identity. The result might be inner doubts about their Judaism," the executive vice president of the Orthodox Union, Rabbi Dr.Tzvi Weinreb, said in a statement. The leaders of the Orthodox Union appealed to member synagogues to prepare what they called "an antidote to the potential challenge the film will create." They said rabbis should make special efforts "to educate and further motivate our community." "My concern is for the effect that seeing this movie or even seeing part it, or reading about it, will have on my Jewish brothers and sisters, observant or non observant, old or young." . . . . haaretzdaily.com