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...didn't write this review last week about "The Passion of the Christ." I wrote it in 1988 about Martin Scorsese's "The Last Temptation of Christ," changing only the names and the movie title. In manner and method, the two films have much in common. In theology and box office, they're worlds apart. "Last Temptation": liberal, condemned by conservative Catholics. "Passion": conservative, condemned by liberals, agnostics and many Jews. "Last Temptation": boycotted by religious groups, defended by the major studio that released it, earned $8 million in its entire run. "Passion": boycotted by major studios (little Newmarket released...
...fell into the hype surrounding this season too. After covering the Big Dance for two years, this was the year that I wouldn’t have to write the word “disappointment...
...oohs and aahs of arsty Harvard affiliates at last Wednesday’s opening of photographer Jorge Mario Munera’s exhibition, “Portraits of an Invisible Country.” The international attendees sipped wine as they toured Colombia through the insightful pictures and intimate write-ups of the native artist...
...once one kid gets to the top, everyone gangs up to knock the kid to the bottom. It usually ends with Danny on the asphalt with a bloody nose and a nun yelling, “That’s what you get for horseplay! Now, go inside and write the Nicene Creed on the board…in Latin...
...campus—and the nation—erupted into an impassioned debate on the merits of a snow depiction of male genitalia. The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe and The Washington Times all devoted editorial space to discussing the issue. The Economist was inspired enough to write an article arguing that the destruction of the sculpture was compelling evidence of American prudishness. “What is political correctness but Victorian prudery in modern dress?” asked the article’s author. The infamous snow phallus picture on TheCrimson.com had over 100,000 hits?...