The local Gannett rag in Nashville splashed a big article across the front page and page 2 about a "panel" of 10 "theologians, religious leaders and community members" it hewed from the liberal forest and discussed the movie. On the panel were three blacks, who all said Jesus should have been portrayed as a black. They all said the cast looked "too European."
Predictably, the Jews on the panel said it was anti-Semitic.
The white Christians on the panel said it was too bloody.
Not one person on the panel said anything positive about the film.
Why am I inclined to believe that the panel's makeup was pre-designed to only include people on whom the paper could reliably count on to bash the movie?
Round up the usual suspects, Louie.
Michael