Word: crucifixion
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...Could those human sacrifices cause as much of a stir among the politically correct as what some saw as anti-semitism in Gibson's depiction of the crucifixion of Christ?? "After what I experienced with The Passion," he says, "I frankly don?t give a flying f--- about much of what they think."? Yet Apocalypto promises some surprises. The film, which Gibson co-wrote with first-time screenwriter Farhad Safinia, is an allegory about the collapse of civilizations--with warnings about environmental abuse and political fear-mongering, not the sort of thing to comfort conservatives. And the obvious care that...
...oldest royal bloodlines: today in the Palazzo Reale visitors can view a snapshot of how one lived like a King two centuries ago. In the 16th century, Torino became an object of pilgrimage when the Holy Shroud, the white sheet that many Catholic faithful believe wrapped Jesus after his crucifixion, fetched up in the Duomo di San Giovanni Battista. The city was reborn as the first capital of a united Italy in 1861 - though the capital soon shifted to Rome. During the 20th century, Torino was Detroit on the Po, the home of auto giant Fiat. The company brought modern...
...giving much away to say that, despite the constant threat of crucifixion, everyone ends up happy, even though the misunderstandings and cons are revealed in the end. All of this resolution happens so easily that it seems that the play doesn’t end so much as it stops...
...story really belongs to Tranio (Joseph L. DiMento ’05), a slave who has more than a reprimand to worry about if caught. Unless he can fool Theopropides into believing that the money has vanished for perfectly valid reasons, he can look forward to a crucifixion in his near future. The bulk of the play consists of his various attempts to fool Theopropides, who makes a wonderfully gullible victim until he is forced to face the truth...
...Erika Rothenberg created an acrylic in 1982 called Pushing the Right Buttons, a painting of two buttons, the one on top labeled "Launch" and the one beneath it "Lunch." Alex Grey, in 1980, painted Nuclear Crucifixion, an oil on linen reminiscent of Matthias Grünewald's painting in the 16th century, except here Jesus is crucified in a mushroom cloud. Michael Smith and Alan Herman produced a mixed-media work in 1983 called Government Approved Home Fallout Shelter Snack Bar, a survivalist food counter for the prudent nuclear family, equipped with provisions and three stools. In 1981 Robert Morris created...