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Mel Gibsons Joke?
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| 3/17/04
| Richard Johnson
Posted on 03/17/2004 7:13:34 PM PST by OneVike
Edited on 05/26/2004 5:20:17 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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March 17, 2004 -- LEST anyone think Mel Gibson lost his sense of humor with his gruesome depiction of Jesus Christ's death in "The Passion," the legendary prankster inserted some private jokes. Only people who speak the dead language of Aramaic will get the gags. For instance, one line in the subtitles has Jim Caviezel's Christ saying, "Take care," when, in Aramaic, he is saying, "Take care of the laundry." Meanwhile, the picture book of the movie was released yesterday and has already shot up to No. 2 on the Times best-seller list.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: melgibson; movie; passion; prankster
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Does anyone have any more on this. I know Mel is a big prankster, but I find it hard to believe that he would do this when it ment so much to him. I have read other articles by scholars who can understand the ancient languages, and they pointed out how accuratley spoken the words were. I tend to believe that this is just a hit and run piece, the author does not even give any names.
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posted on
03/17/2004 7:13:35 PM PST
by
OneVike
To: OneVike
That's the New York Post, not the Washington Post.
And I'm betting the author doesn't speak Aramaic, and is just repeating something he heard.
And I also don't get the joke. Take care of the laundry? How is that funny?
To: OneVike
I don't believe it for a second. Between this and Cohen's ignorant and hateful review the Post utterly clueless.
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posted on
03/17/2004 7:19:55 PM PST
by
Burkeman1
("I said the government can't help you. I didn't say it couldn't hurt you." Chief Wiggam)
To: OneVike
I don't believe it for a second. Between this and Cohen's ignorant and hateful review the Post utterly clueless.
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posted on
03/17/2004 7:20:00 PM PST
by
Burkeman1
("I said the government can't help you. I didn't say it couldn't hurt you." Chief Wiggam)
To: OneVike
naa I think this is more uban legend cr*p. There is a list of christ jokes that are attributed to outakes of the movie but are in fact tastless jokes from waaaay back.
At worst they could just be a product of speaking a dead language. After all, kenedy may have said he was a jellyroll BUT in all seriousness we know what he was really saying.
To: hellinahandcart
Take care of the laundry? How is that funny? It might be funny if they were Chinese.
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posted on
03/17/2004 7:21:14 PM PST
by
Jeff Chandler
(Why the long face, John?)
To: OneVike
I don't believe it.
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posted on
03/17/2004 7:21:56 PM PST
by
Fiddlstix
(This Space Available for Rent or Lease by the Day, Week, or Month. Reasonable Rates. Inquire within.)
To: longtermmemmory
kenedy may have said he was a jellyroll BUT in all seriousness we know what he was really saying. Now if Homer Simpson said it...
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posted on
03/17/2004 7:22:21 PM PST
by
Jeff Chandler
(Why the long face, John?)
To: hellinahandcart
Thanks- since it is the New York Post- it makes sense. This worthless rag has been attacking this film while it was being made. It's "review" was a disgrace. The New York Post is sick and disgraced rag.
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posted on
03/17/2004 7:23:28 PM PST
by
Burkeman1
("I said the government can't help you. I didn't say it couldn't hurt you." Chief Wiggam)
To: Jeff Chandler
Now that was funny. I would have to say that this isn't true.
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posted on
03/17/2004 7:23:59 PM PST
by
WV Mountain Mama
(John Kerry is a world class NUMB NUTS. His facial wrinkles are NUMB and all his ideas are NUTS!)
To: OneVike
There are apparently outtakes where James Cavaziel botches the Aramaic, realizes he's done so, and laughs about it.
"If you can't laugh at yourself...don't worry, there are plenty of folks who can."
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posted on
03/17/2004 7:26:28 PM PST
by
Poohbah
("Would you mind not shooting at the thermonuclear weapons?" -- Maj. Vic Deakins, USAF)
To: Burkeman1
One of my church friends who speaks Arabic and is of Arabic heritage, saw the movie and says the Aramaic is close to his dialect of Arabic, and he was able to follow the dialogue closely, and he didn't report any anomalies like the forementioned joke.
He did say that the controversial line shouted by the Jewish crowd, "His blood be upon us and our children", was left in and was was clearly understandable, but wasn't listed in the subtitles.
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posted on
03/17/2004 7:27:33 PM PST
by
Ciexyz
To: hellinahandcart; Burkeman1; longtermmemmory; Fiddlstix
I read this in an article posted on FR from 'Catholic Citizens' by Nathan Bierma.
Fulco (the Jesuit translator) even confessed to some linguistic mischief.
"Here and there I put in playful things which nobody will know. There's one scene where Caiaphas turns to his cohorts and say something in Aramaic. The subtitle says, "You take care of it." He's actually saying , "Take care of my laundry."
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posted on
03/17/2004 7:28:22 PM PST
by
pbear8
(no complaining...Thanks be to God)
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To: pbear8
It is true.
The idea is completely different though, and has integrity.
It makes the movie even more realistic.
The phrase conveys the same meaning, something similar to 'taking out the trash'.
It is playful, in the manner in which Roman guards of the time might talk to one another in a slang non-literal form.
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posted on
03/17/2004 7:36:56 PM PST
by
Enduring Freedom
(Don't Let the Free World Go Spanish - Destroy Kerry)
To: OneVike
There is an R2D2 in one scene of
Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
To give one example.
--Boris
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posted on
03/17/2004 7:39:20 PM PST
by
boris
(The deadliest Weapon of Mass Destruction in History is a Leftist With a Word Processor)
To: pbear8
"The subtitle says, "You take care of it." He's actually saying , "Take care of my laundry."It's still not funny.
Father Fulco should never do standup.
To: Ciexyz
And why is that line controversial? It applies only to those present in that particular crowd. Remember- Jesus was welcomed into Jeruselem only 5 days earlier by a Jewish throng cheering him and laying reeds before his path.
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posted on
03/17/2004 7:40:27 PM PST
by
Burkeman1
("I said the government can't help you. I didn't say it couldn't hurt you." Chief Wiggam)
To: hellinahandcart
Even if true - and I have doubts- it is not funny in the slightest.
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posted on
03/17/2004 7:41:57 PM PST
by
Burkeman1
("I said the government can't help you. I didn't say it couldn't hurt you." Chief Wiggam)
To: OneVike
it's a shame these left-wing radical anti-Americans NEVER have a valid email ...
Ever notice that?
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posted on
03/17/2004 7:42:22 PM PST
by
steplock
(http://www.gohotsprings.com)
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