I do not breathe your politics
"Comment is free but facts are sacred." (C.P. Scott)
Monday, August 22, 2005
Gibson swung it?
At the bottom of this BBC page it says that the next Catholic 'World Youth Day' will be held in Sydney, Australia.
Why do I care, you ask? I'm not a Catholic. Well, it's because of this stunning example of cheap crassness:
Gibson's staging of the Stations of the Cross, a live interpretation of Christ's final hours, would be part of a bid by the city to secure the Catholic Church's World Youth Day in 2008, the Sydney Morning Herald reported Saturday.So did Mel swing it for Sydney? I'm reminded of a short story I once read, I believe called "Let's Go To Golgotha!" by Gary Kilworth - thanks Google - about a family who took a time travel tour to see the crucifixion. We can't do time travel, but we can recreate a bloody spectacle of martyrdom with the help of state of the art special effects, in order to win a bid to host a conference of young religious people that will be of huge economic importance to an already thriving city. It's the Olympics of tastelessness. Pay no attention to the chain-smoking australian actor behind the curtain. posted by Michael at 8/22/2005 01:39:00 AM |