Friday, August 04, 2006
On Mel, Hagee, and The Left Behind Video Game
I know I am a little late to the “bash Mel” party, but several friends have asked me my thoughts. Sorry this is a long one, and yes, it is important to talk about Left Behind the Video Game
First off, it is always best to admit your biases up front. My wife Tanya and I decided after seeing Mel’s movie Ransom that we would not go to watch another Mel Gibson project ever. The man is just too fascinated by blood (if you have any doubts, watch the end of that movie). Thus, we are two of only 17 evangelical Christians over the age of 17 at the time that did not see the movie (to our knowledge, the other 15 are serving in countries that do not have movie theaters). I heard it all back then: “He’s a good family man. He’s a good Catholic. Yada Yada Yada.” All that may be true, but he is also, based on his recent comments to the California policeman and now to the Jewish community, someone who suffers from anti-Semitism. So, for us, the question of whether Mel should ever work in Hollywood again is mute…we won’t be seeing it anyways.
