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...Nonetheless, the production has already provoked controversy in Indonesia. One scholar objected to Grauer's abridgment of the epic's plot, although the show's four-hour running time will strike few theatergoers as scandalously brief. Some Indonesian artists are worried that the work's cultural identity, its "Indonesianness," is at risk simply because the show is directed by a Westerner. Kusumaningrum, the principal Indonesian member of the creative team, sees the controversy as evidence of Indonesia's inferiority complex: of a self-deprecating belief that the country's traditional arts are somehow not as worthy as foreign culture...
Gibson defends the film by saying that he wanted to be faithful to the texts, but there are two problems with his defense. First, though I don’t presume to be a Biblical scholar, I have read enough commentaries by some who state that there are definite inaccuracies. Mother Mary goes to Roman soldiers for help in one scene, which isn’t right. Although the subtitle is clipped out, Pilate still proclaims to the Jews that “His blood is on your hands,” even though this is only in one gospel...
Gibson defends the film by saying that he wanted to be faithful to the texts, but there are two problems with his defense. First, though I don’t presume to be a Biblical scholar, I have read enough commentaries by some who state that there are definite inaccuracies. Mother Mary goes to Roman soldiers for help in one scene, which isn’t right. Although the subtitle is clipped out, Pilate still proclaims to the Jews that “His blood is on your hands,” even though this is only in one gospel...
...We’re here to celebrate his life,” Fonseca’s uncle, Eulises Chacón, said, “the life of Deuce—the scholar, the roommate, the housemate, the deejay, the director, the spelling bee competitor, the kid who read 106 books in the sixth grade...
...from some individuals solely on the basis of religion, it violates the Free Exercise Clause no less than if it had imposed a special tax...[Davey] seeks only equal treatment—the right to direct his scholarship to his chosen course of study, a right every other Promise Scholar enjoys.” Traditionally the Court’s most outspoken conservative, Scalia in this case rightly advocates individual choice...