cultural hypocrisy

Recently a friend of mine told me that she and her family watched Sweeny Todd, the latest film staring Johnny Depp. Her assessment, "a great disappointment. It was the most offensive movie
I've ever seen...I was disgusted by the movie. There was nothing redeeming about it. JD spent
the entire movie in rage and vengence, blindly slashing (very graphically) the throat of his enemies and anonomyous people. Gross."

So where is the public and media outcry against violent movies like Sweeny Todd that we heard a few years ago against Mel Gibson's movie "The Passion of the Christ"? While I've not seen Sweeny Todd nor will I ever given its graphic nature, I think if the American public wouldn't complain about watching the beating of Christ and his crucifixion, they should also complain and have a movement against such movies like Sweeny Todd. There are others like it. Let's be a little more consistent, or be honest that the real reason we complained about the Passion is because it hit too close to home.

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