DD,

"are you saying that the events in the film are nothing like the events in the Editor's comment "Re: forced" above? That would be a misreading."

Heh. That it would be. No I'm not. I'm saying The Passion is not analogous to that example. What I meant by this is that the example contains elements that are recognizably antisemitic but this (maybe..) needs to be explained. However having thought about it most of those elements don't even need to be explained. Anyway, The Passion (the movie (ITSELF)) does not contain analogous elements, whether explainable or not. (I've heard some attempted explanations and consider them bogus.)

I might listen to your attempts at rebutting my assertion that said explanations (of why elements X Y Z of The Passion are antisemitic) are bogus but, alas, as you have not seen the film, you're not in a position to do it....

I have not read the Emmerich book. I'm judging the film (ITSELF).

Elliot (and DD),

It sounds to me as if you simply wouldn't think it is possible to tell the story of "the passion" (=a certain rather short period in the life of the literary character "Jesus"), i.e. make a "passion play", without being antisemitic. If not, then fine, I admit that The Passion is antisemitic under that standard, a standard I'm not very interested in.

If it is possible to tell a non-antisemitic "passion" story (by your standard), how would one go about doing it?

--Blixa