04-13-2004, 02:02 PM
"By focussing so absolutely on the physical torment of Jesus, on the sheer gruelling endurance-test of it all, Gibson creates a reductive and rather perverted version of Christianity, all pain and groaning, absolute good and evil, machismo and masochism."<br>
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Maybe Gibson is not trying to create some "reductive , perverted version of Christianity" but perhaps a little microhistory covering the last hours of his life. Just an overlooked piece that can fit into all the other parts of the story.<br>
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Sort of like writing a book about Lorica Segmentatas is not meant to be a history of the Roman Army but just a niche document of one small "segment" of the picture. (Pun intended.)<br>
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Or I wouldn't read "Picket's Charge: A Microhistory of the Final Attack of Gettysburg July 3, 1863 by George Rippey Stewart to get a complete picture of the battle, but the book is a nice niche piece on those fateful four of five hours.<br>
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Maybe Gibson is not trying to create some "reductive , perverted version of Christianity" but perhaps a little microhistory covering the last hours of his life. Just an overlooked piece that can fit into all the other parts of the story.<br>
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Sort of like writing a book about Lorica Segmentatas is not meant to be a history of the Roman Army but just a niche document of one small "segment" of the picture. (Pun intended.)<br>
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Or I wouldn't read "Picket's Charge: A Microhistory of the Final Attack of Gettysburg July 3, 1863 by George Rippey Stewart to get a complete picture of the battle, but the book is a nice niche piece on those fateful four of five hours.<br>
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Los <p></p><i></i>
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aka Carlos Lourenco
aka Carlos Lourenco