Christopher Hitchens on The Passion [View All]

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While Hitchens has moved to the right on some issue, he is still capable of cultural critiques of the right,

Shlock, Yes,;Awe, No; Fascism, Probably.

http://slate.msn.com/id/2096323/

"And, long before he emerged as the spear-carrier for the sort of Catholicism once preached by Gen. Franco and the persecutors of Dreyfus, Mel Gibson attained a brief notoriety for his loud and crude attacks on gays. Now he's become the proud producer of a movie that relies for its effect almost entirely on sadomasochistic male narcissism. "