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...Beverly Mantle (both played by Jeremy Irons), are Toronto doctors with a reputation for radical technique and a comforting bedside manner. The rep is, in a way, only half earned. Ellie is the suave salesman; Bev is the genius of research. Cool Ellie is the connoisseur of female flesh; nerdy Bev probes deeper for his elusive womanly ideal. He wishes there were beauty contests for the insides of bodies...
Good taste may be wilting Italy's old enthusiasm for fleshly displays, but this summer's cover-up is nothing short of confusing. In some parts of the country, nudity is still winked at -- literally -- or actively encouraged; in others, flaunting the flesh seems to enrage beholders. Rome's subway is definitely not for the shirtless. Irate passengers last week ganged up on bare-chested Belgian Tourist Daniel Serge Meuree, 23, when he ignored a conductor's suggestion to put on more clothing. Fists flew, and Meuree was hauled to a police station. After a lecture on proper attire...
...whatever reason, New Orleans people tend to be more tolerant than most Americans -- particularly most Southerners -- when it comes to sins of the flesh. They not only eat different food but also give food and drink a priority unknown in the rest of the country. Years ago, the man who told me about northern Costa Rica responded to news that New Orleans had landed some new manufacturing operation -- news that would have had them dancing in the streets in Atlanta -- by expressing concern that the influx of executives could make the line for lunch at Galatoire's longer. I have...
...bound to roil the faithful. For Scorsese, though, these elements are bold colors on the canvas, images of the life Jesus must renounce and redeem. The sex scene (in which Barbara Hershey's Mary Magdalene entertains some customers) exposes a strong woman's degradation more than it does her flesh. And the film's carnage is emetic, not exploitative. The crowning with thorns, the scourging at the pillar, the agonized trudge up Calvary show what Jesus suffered and why. Dafoe's spiky, ferocious, nearly heroic performance is a perfect servant to the role. He finds sense in Jesus' agonies...
Protestant scholars in Germany took the lead in the early 19th century, similarly sifting the New Testament for evidence of the flesh-and-blood Nazarene beneath the "myths." Often their Jesus turned out to be an inspirational preacher who bore a suspicious resemblance to a 19th century German. But by the 20th century, the great Protestant critic Rudolf Bultmann of Marburg University had concluded that such quests were fruitless. The Bible is so much an article of faith, so laden with unprovable events and legends, he contended in 1926, that "we can now know almost nothing concerning the life...