Novembers Paul
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JayKeeley said:How about the sentiment towards the Jews? Do you think people would leave the theater feeling some further resentment towards them, as some semitic leaders would have feared?
You know, I didn't see it as a Jew thing. It was much more political then religious. I think the only beef the Jewish people may have, is Mel chose to soften up Pilot, and make him a sort of good guy, and left the choice up to the crowd, and Jewish council. It seems that power was the cause for death. They didn't want a man to rise above them, and make people believe he was more powerful then them. This is not a Jew thing, this is a human thing. Even though, Pilot was (in scripture) a brutal man, who came up with the most horrible ways of punishment, including crucifixion, and even chose the place for it to happen, so all entering the town would see, and a lesson to be shown, Mel made him a softy with a conscious.