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Absolutely. Mel Gibson optioned [my novel] Those Who Trespass a few years ago, long before the Passion controversy. If Gibson can get this movie made, I have a sequel 75% written...
...surprised to read that Mel Gibson's film The Passion has mostly offended Jewish groups [MOVIES, Sept. 1]. If he were being faithful to the text, surely far more people would be offended because the Bible implicates Judas, the Romans, everyone who has ever sinned and even God in the death of Jesus. With that in mind, it could be tricky to find "an overwhelmingly favorable consensus among people who might be offended," as a movie exec said. But then consensus has never been the point of the story of Jesus' Passion. The Crucifixion has always divided people into those...
...Crux of Controversy I was surprised to read that Mel Gibson's film The Passion has mostly offended Jewish groups [Sept. 1]. If he were being faithful to the text, surely far more people would be offended, as the Bible implicates Judas, the Romans, everyone who has ever sinned and even God in the death of Jesus. With that in mind, it could be tricky to find "an overwhelmingly favorable consensus among people who might be offended," as a movie exec put it. But then consensus has never been the point of the story of Jesus' Passion. The Crucifixion...
...Schafer of North Dakota begged off Senate races, as did Governor Mike Huckabee and former Congressman Asa Hutchinson, the Republicans' best hopes for unseating Senator Blanche Lincoln in Arkansas. Representative Jennifer Dunn, the G.O.P.'s first choice to challenge Senator Patty Murray in Washington, and HUD Secretary Mel Martinez, a party favorite in Florida, have also said no. And in Nevada, G.O.P. Congressman Jim Gibbons has decided not to challenge Senate Democratic whip Harry Reid, who won his 1998 race by just 428 votes. "I see a very competitive fall in 2004," says Senator Jon Corzine, who chairs the Democratic...
...many patriotic and talented candidates from seeking the White House. The list of high-profile public officials who are ineligible because of their place of birth includes Henry A. Kissinger ’50, Madeleine K. Albright, Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Mel Martinez, and Michigan Governor Jennifer M. Granholm...