Opening Day Jitters

I know you’re probably getting sick of reading about The Passion, but I just saw two items on the Drudge Report that I want to post.

First, was that the movie killed an old lady :

A woman collapsed in an East Wichita theatre this morning, during a showing of “The Passion Of The Christ”. Peggy Law apparently suffered a heart attack. She was pronounced dead a short time later at a Wichita medical center.
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People viewing the movie at the Warren Theatre East say Law collapsed during the portion of the movie where the crucifixion of Christ was shown.

A few off-duty doctors and nurses who were in the audience tried to revive her. But when she was taken away in the ambulance, authorities say Law still had no pulse.

The movie has been criticized for it’s graphic portrayal of Jesus’ death. Religious leaders around the country and here in Wichita say people need to be prepared for the graphic brutality.

Whether Law’s death and the timing in the film are related, we will never know, but religious and medical officials stress this film is not for the faint-hearted.

I can’t think of any tasteless jokes to make about this, but have fun in comments.

Also, it looks like Mel might be looking for more religious material :

As for what he’ll do after resting a while in his hammock, Gibson hinted there were myriad other stories in the Bible that deserve celluloid treatment.

“There are good stories in that book — it’s worth looking into them.”

Since Mel’s such a big fan of explicit realistic depictions of the Bible, what should he do next? Sodom and Gomorrah complete with graphic anal sex scenes? An Old Testament movie about God commanding the murder of all the “firstborn” babies in Egypt? (I guess he wasn’t pro-life yet) Moses killing a bull and playing around with its blood and guts?


posted by greg on February 25, 2004 @ 5:46 pm

5 comments

  1. Hey, Larry Flint might want to go shares with him on Soddom and Gommorrah. He did a bang-up job on Caligula.

    Comment by larry — February 25, 2004 @ 10:24 pm

  2. I remember somebody getting carried out on a stretcher from the theatre during ‘Pulp Fiction.’

    I don’t know whether it was a heart attack, seizure, fainting or what, but we determined it was based on the syringe-plunge-into-the-chest scene.

    Comment by Mr. Furious — February 25, 2004 @ 10:35 pm

  3. That was a joke in the movie “Scrooged”; Bill Murray as the VP of some Fox-like network came up with such a scary promo for their version of A Christmas Carol that an old woman had a heart attack… Bill Murray’s response was “awesome, we can’t BUY publicity like that” and ran the promo with a disclaimer… life imitates art…

    Comment by jwer — February 26, 2004 @ 4:54 am

  4. I wish they’d do one using the stuff from the apocrypha about Jesus as a kid. Like the time he got angry at another kid and turned him into a goat. I’d pay a few bucks to see that.

    Comment by megalodon — February 26, 2004 @ 11:13 am

  5. Ok First with what it says above it sounds like you are trying to indulge people into thinking that the Holy Bible is nothing but a fairy tale and I believe just because some weird things happened doesnt mean it has to be a fairy tale i mean come on it is a crazy world these days almost anything could happen, secondly it was probably the womans time to go to Heaven and as for the rude remarks after the Mel Gibson short story that was uncalled for im sorry but this site really isnt Christian Material Friendly, and if thats a problem for anyone why dont you pray to God and your prayers will be answered if it is God’s Will May God Bless Each and Everyone of You Thank You Lord for giving me the chance to express my feelings on this and reach out to others Amen

    Comment by Christian — October 8, 2004 @ 7:11 pm

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