THE GOSPEL TRUTH ABOUT "PASSION OF THE CHRIST"
... or "Mel's from Peekskill."
I think my friend and fellow scribe Jennifer Duffy ( The Stork Stalker ) put it best when she said she'd had her last conversation regardingThe Passion of the Christ. A wise policy indeed, and one that AFMAMF set out to subscribe to. Then on Sunday, our parish priest, Father Richard Leonard (who goes by the unfortunate moniker "Father Dick" but is really a very bright, funny guy) decided to wade into the fray.
I usually disdain anything at Mass that isn't involved with the Mass, from political pronouncements to what hall the Bingo game is in this week, but it was fascinating to hear Father Dick speak of TPOTC. Turns out he's not only a film reviewer as well as a priest, but as an import from Australia, he's, well, as he said, "I've had a busy week."
You should read the review for yourself, but I'll preview it with this quote from Sunday: "Being from Australia, when Mel does a move we love we all say 'He's Australian.' When NPR asked me about him this week, I reminded them that he's from upstate New York."
Without further ado, here's the best reason to run screaming from this film, in the churchman's own words.