The Passion Movie - Question

[Scarberry, Mark]

I don't recall anyone suggesting that the government should prohibit the
showing of The Last Temptation, or limit who could see it. Some people
thought it was vile and vulgar, especially in that, as I've been told, Jesus
was depicted at the beginning as making crosses for the Romans to use to
crucify people. I chose not to see it and will not comment on whether it was
vile, though if the reports I've heard are accurate, it would be difficult
for me to think otherwise.

Some people suggested a boycott of the movie, and perhaps of the theaters
that showed it. I'd think a theater chain that showed a pro-Nazi film would
be boycotted, and rightfully so, by individuals and private groups.

Boycotts are often worse than useless. The protest against the Last
Temptation just led some film critics to praise it when otherwise they might
have ignored it. But such boycotts do not violate the First Amendment.

Mark S. Scarberry
Pepperdine Univ. School of Law

-----Original Message-----
From: David Cruz
To: conlawprof at lists.ucla.edu
Sent: 3/3/04 8:23 PM
Subject: Re: The Passion Movie - Question


On Wed, 3 Mar 2004 paul-finkelman at utulsa.edu wrote:

> [snip]  I recall a few movies that upset Christians
> that led to demands that the movies not be shown (I cannot recall the
> names of the films, but I am sure the movie buffs out there will know
> them); [snip]

Paul Finkelman asked me to post my off-list suggestion to him that
perhaps
"The Last Temptation of Christ" was one such movie he was trying to
recall.

David B. Cruz
Professor of Law
University of Southern California Law School
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0071
U.S.A.

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