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Wednesday, December 17, 2003
Because, you know, he's almost old enough to have been there....
According to our gal Peggy, the Pope gives Mel Gibson's Lethal Jesus: That's Funny, You Don't Look Savior-ish a hearty five Pope Hats up:
Pope John Paul II saw the movie the weekend before last, in the Vatican, apparently in his private rooms, on a television, with a DVD, and accompanied by his closest friend, Msgr. Stanislaw Dziwisz. Afterwards and with an eloquent economy John Paul shared with Msgr. Dziwisz his verdict. Dziwisz, the following Monday, shared John Paul's five-word response with the co-producer of The Passion, Steve McEveety.
This is what the pope said: "It is as it was."
Now, the only people in the room were the Pope and his buddy Stan and, for all we know they were watching Nuns Gone Wild: Spring Break or playing Halo: Combat Evolved on the Holy Papal XBox, but Peggy is in one of her Rapture states about those, as producer Producer Steve McEveety puts it:
"Five words. Eleven letters."
...as in:
This is what the pope said: "It is as it was."
[snip]
....Msgr. Dziwisz added that the pope said to him, as the film neared its end, five words that he wished to pass on: "It is as it was."
[snip]
I asked the pope's veteran press spokesman, Dr Joaquin Navarro-Valles, if he knew if the pope had said anything beyond "It is as it was." He e-mailed back that he did not know of any further comments.
[snip]
"It is as it was."
I don't know if those words will settle the matter. But for me they do, and for many they will.
[snip]
I'm glad the Holy Father chose to see it; I'm glad he has spoken; I'm glad his judgment was, "It is as it was."
...and aren't we all glad that he said "It is as it was" as opposed to "Dude. That was awesome" or "I would have never thought of casting Jenna Elfman as the Virgin Mary" or "We are gravely disappointed. We thought we were getting a sneak of The Return of the King.". I mean
"It is as it was"~Pope JP II
is going to look so much better at the top of the ads right after Mark Steyn's
"I laughed, I cried I, got stigmata"...
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