The passion of the audience
In the gym today, I was asked out of the blue if I was going to see the movie. Apparently I was supposed to figure out somehow which movie I was being asked about (I didn’t, but it was The Passion, as you probably guessed). After we resolved that little issue, I said no. Indeed, I am not planning to see it.
She looked shocked. Shocked. I said I wasn’t a fan of Gibson or of gore (or Gore), and there are inaccuracies (which piss me off regularly); this seemed reasonable to me — I am not, recall, Christian — but somehow all wrong to a few people nearby. It’s apparently all sold out around here.
I didn’t mention being Jewish. It seemed unnecessary at first, and then I was just uncomfortable after. I haven’t felt like that about religion in a very long time.
February 26th, 2004 at 7:53 pm
I guess that’s one way to sell movie tickets. Put in some inaccuracies, get a little controversy going — people come out of the woodwork to give your movie publicity, and pretty soon everybody decides they gotta see what all the fuss is about! Well, not quite everybody … I’m not planning to see it either.
-Cougar :{)
February 27th, 2004 at 3:28 pm
I was asked today at the gas station. It’s all the rage.
I’m an atheist and my sig other is a non-religious Jew. I’m tempted to say that when asked, but I may in fact see the film just to be able to talk about it with some authority. My students are all abuzz about it, and it would probably be good if I could talk to them about it. I’m very afraid they are going to get a one-sided and distorted view of Jews from it.