Language:
English
Year of publication:
2012
Titel der Quelle:
Journal for the Study of Antisemitism
Angaben zur Quelle:
4,1 (2012) 601-604; 4,2 (2012) 711-733
Keywords:
Kazan, Elia
;
Gibson, Mel
;
Gentleman's agreement (Motion picture)
;
Passion of the Christ (Motion picture)
;
Antisemitism in motion pictures
Abstract:
The following is a summary of part II. When the film "The Passion of the Christ" was screened in 2004, a public debate erupted in regard to whether the film is antisemitic as well as whether Gibson himself is an antisemite. States that the view that Jews bear responsibility for the death of Jesus is unhistorical. The incident in 2006, when Gibson was arrested for drunk driving and attacked the policeman with an antisemitic tirade, showed that Gibson is indeed an antisemite. Notes that Gibson showed himself to be not only an antisemite but also a racist and a homophobe. His father, Hutton Gibson, is an antisemite, a Jewish conspiracy theorist, and a Holocaust denier and believes that the Second Vatican Council was a Masonic plot. Mel Gibson should have separated himself from his father's views, but he did not do so. Stresses that any person involved in the arts must be very careful not to be perceived as a racist and a bigot. An artist's racism and bigotry cannot be condoned, nor should we continue to watch shows, films, etc. by such an artist, or to support and to revere them.
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