From Warren’s Was Never Annoying Friend:
Just a random thing I’ve been thinking about – one of the main points of critics of Gibson’s “Passion”
(before it came out, that is) was that it’s impossible for a movie not to be anti-semitic when it is based, in part, on Sister Anne Emmerich’s “The Dolorous Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Well, then, wouldn’t it follow that it’s impossible to make a truthful movie that is based, in part, on a George Jonas’ book?
Also, pre-judging a film is obviously a bit sketchy.
But here are two things that tell me it’s going to be nothing more than “Israelis = Palestinians.” 1) Uh, Tony Kushner wrote it. 2) About 3/4 of the way through the trailer, (presumably) Israeli agents sit in a car, and we hear “… the bomb should have gone off by now.” Then, after a few meaningful looks, one apparent agent heads toward a building with a backpack over his shoulder. Again, I haven’t seen the movie yet, but that sure looks like a set up to showing that Mossad employs “suicide bombers,” too.





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