Holy Hypocricies (Time critic lambastes liberals who sneer at The Passion and Mel)

Time ^ | Feb. 28, 04 | Richard Corliss

[ysoitanly]

Like I just posted on another thread, I saw The Passion today. It was unbelievably moving. The reason they hate it is because of the emotions it brings out in people, and the pure beauty and tragedy of the film and its message. Trust me, the jackals in Hollywood will be lining up to get 'Christian' movies made as soon as they can. No moral or personal reasons, just $$$$$ to be made off of the 'horrible' Christians. Disgusting.

[ECM]

Now that's a beaut of an article!

[Numbers Guy]

A lot of movie people don’t respect Gibson’s obsession with his “Passion” project; they are offended by it; fear it. And I’ll bet, since the movie could earn huge profits for Gibson and his distribution partners, they resent it.

This is at the heart of the reaction. Many secular people, especially NY film critics, are offended by faith and fearful of people who have faith. And they're almost as offended that there's a huge audience for such a film.

[goldstategop]

Today's Hollywood movers and shakers are secular liberals. Religion is a subject that's foreign territory for them. Unless its to bash and mock the sensibilities of the committed Christian faithful.

[inquest]

Liberals—and being a member of the media, I of course count myself among them....

Stunning admission.

[billhilly]

Methinks that Corliss is afraid of God. Perhaps he is nearing the end of his time on earth and has decided that God may be stronger than liberal philosophy.

[jocon307]

WOW, thanks for posting this. That's all I can say, WOW.

[goldstategop]

Its not the money or the subject matter; what has gotten liberals flummoxed is the fact millions of people wanted to see a movie like this despite all the bad press about it. They have no idea there are millions of people in America who take the Bible and religion that seriously. They don't know how to relate to this huge audience out there other than by putting them and their beliefs down.

[Servant of the 9]

Time has seen the Box Office Numbers (Holy Writ).

An increadibly good piece from Time.

So9

[mountaineer]

the film, he insisted, is “an appeal to the gay Christian sadomasochistic niche market.” ... Pretty big niche.

I'm going to see it tomorrow, with my husband, brother and 79-year-old mother. Of course, we're all gay Christian sadomasochists, so it should be a laugh riot for us.

[Drango]

PBS’ Charlie Rose convened a panel of savants...

LOL

[ServesURight]

[driftless]

Once again liberals tie themselves up in knots and prove what stinking hypocrites they are with their thoroughly demented attack on the film. I don't plan to see it, and I've not real religious, but it's fun watching the libs torment themselves and contradict their own pronouncements about controversial films when it doesn't fit into their anti-religious world-view. If Gibson would have made an anti-religious film, you can bet that these same libs, who are now castigating Gibson, would be singing his praises.

[Ronin]

At least, it would indicate that liberal Hollywood isn’t afraid of serving up the occasional helping of traditional values alongside its usual smorgasbord of guns, fists, tits and smirk.

Which, in a nutshell, is exactly why they won't do it.

The deep-seated fear of the liberal left in regards to this movie is that it may spark a genuine re-awakening of the spiritual center of the American psyche.

They are in a panic. On every front, from multi-culturism to gay marriage, they have been ramming their agenda down American throats, and getting away with it, for the most part.

Now comes The Passion of the Christ, an in-your-face, no-holds-barred depiction of the suffering and death of the man the vast majority of the country genuinely believe to be the Son of God -- and they fear.

They would be well to do so.

Thanks to Foxman and the ADL, they have anti-semitism to use as a ragging point, so they will use it. But I do not for a moment believe that is what really motivates their hatred of this film.

[stripes1776]

At least, it would indicate that liberal Hollywood isn’t afraid of serving up the occasional helping of traditional values alongside its usual smorgasbord of guns, fists, tits and smirk.

Priceless

[goldstategop]

I don't understand. If you're a gay sadomasochist, the liberals other to be praising you to the heavens. Especially if you're Christian. I mean to liberals you and your husband, brother and 79-year-old mother are the perfect embodiment of who politically correct Christians ought to be. Then why the angst over this movie? To the Left it should in fact be viewed as a sign that Christians have finally become as "enlightened" as the rest of America!

[Askel5]

wow ... from Time, no less.

I guess Hitchens' take on Kissinger (and Clinton's treason) are one of those "broken clock's being right twice a day" things.

[right way right]

If ya don't have Christ you have the Devil!

WORD.

[dawn53]

When we are sympathetic to a controversial work of pop culture, we invoke the artist’s right to create in an climate of total freedom, whatever feelings of outrage the work may stoke among the ignorati. (That is: other people.)

I listened to a talk show host ripping the movie and Gibson today.

He was acting like anybody that believed the Biblical account from the Gospels was ignorant.

This journalist nails the attitude.