[nutmeg]

Hope you tuned in long enough to catch this 'standing O' for Mel! Even I was surprised how incredibly well Mel was received from the usually left-leaning 'Tonight Show' audience.

[Reactionary]

I have to admit that this movie makes me decidedly more optimistic concerning the culture wars.

Conservative media is just now achieving some measure of success that can be felt in the culture at large. For an opening salvo in film, Gibson has achieved something remarkable.

If this is an opening salvo, we know why liberals are in such a state concerning this film. They fear that no one will believe that tradition and traditional morality are to be dismissed as hopelessly trivial and against "progress."

[DentsRun]

Hope you tuned in long enough to catch this 'standing O' for Mel! Even I was surprised how incredibly well Mel was received from the usually left-leaning 'Tonight Show' audience.

It must be driving the media elite crazy that they can't control public reaction. Gibson was supposed to be dead meat right now for having had the gall to make "The Passion of the Christ." Instead he's being acclaimed as someone with the courage of his convictions (and funny about it to boot).

[Salamander]

According to the above article, the ovation occurred when he came on.
I heard them cheering but didn't actually see the audience.
Mel smacked it outta the park, as usual.....:)