Passion Pro-Semitic?

Most of the con­tro­ver­sy about Mel Gib­son’s The Pas­sion of the Christ was pred­i­cat­ed on the assump­tion that at worst it would pro­voke pro­found anti-semi­tism and at the best it would leave peo­ple unswayed (as regards the cul­pa­bil­i­ty of the Jew­ish peo­ple for the death of Jesus).

Looks like every­one was wrong–just ask the San Fran­cis­co Chron­i­cle. The film seems to have nuanced peo­ple’s views and made them less will­ing to assign spe­cif­ic blame.

See a relat­ed arti­cle in the Wash­ing­ton Times down­load dive bomber movie .

Note: the sur­vey was pret­ty small. Read the Chron­i­cle sto­ry to get the scoop on the method­ol­o­gy.