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Baylor University’s faculty wars about whether “Christian higher education” exists and, if so, whether it is good or bad have attracted national media attention. Meanwhile, a similar showdown has been taking place on the quiet Mars Hill College campus in the stunningly beautiful North Carolina mountains just outside Asheville.
. . . the Screenit.com review of “The Passion of the Christ” is now online. As always, these fair-minded people walk you through the movie pretty much, well, blow by blow. Here is part of the summary:
And this just in from Box Office Mojo. The Passion opened bigger than anyone expected, at least in comments released to the public.
In defending The Passion of the Christ, Rod Dreher of the Dallas Morning News has cited Flannery O’Connor‘s remark, “To the hard of hearing you shout.” As noted in passing by most movie critics, The Passion has one clear tie to O’Connor.
It’s striking how quickly an accusation becomes presumed guilt and then a cliche detached from any need for proof. Consider the speed with which Karen Russell, a trial attorney appearing on MSNBC’s Abrams Report, mentions Mel Gibson as a hatemonger, as if this is an indisputable fact.
Oh my. The following paragraphs from a new report by Variety are just what the mainstream media want to hear right now.
Friends, we are not the only people trying to carry on with daily life in the midst of the Passion ink flood. Other professionals are hard at work.
The overload continues. I am now officially having trouble separating the good articles from the bad articles, in part because my own view of the film is quite complex.
