Life After "The Passion"
By Toni Thrasher
Nervous was an understatement to describe my emotions when "The Passion" came out in theaters on February 25, 2004. The whole day, my stomach was this one huge knot; I couldn't eat lunch; I couldn't even concentrate in class.
I'd heard that the movie was anti-Semitic, and I practice the Jewish religion, so I was very, very nervous about everyone seeing this movie. What's life after "The Passion" going to be like? Will everyone hate me because of some movie? What was going to happen when I walked into school on February 26? Will I be shunned, even as a proselyte (a Gentile who accepts the Jewish G-d as his/her own)? What will people think now, now that I've made a good name for the Jewish religion in my town? How can Mel Gibson ruin my life like this?
I know, I sound stupid now, with the hype over and done, but I was genuinely scared! When the 2:40 bell rang, I ran out of history class just as fast as I could go. Tonight, "The Passion" would open, and it was even in our movie theater, and everyone at school was going to see it.
Dinnertime wasn't much better. With my stomach still in knots, I hardly ate anything, and my mom was starting to get worried about this "Passion" business. I went to bed early that night, wondering how I would cope with this when I went back to school.
Going to school the next day was easier said than done. It's like going into a whole new place that you've never been before, except that I'd been there since August. You don't know who'll jump you or who will befriend you.
Something happened, though. Everyone talked and talked about "The Passion", but no one pointed a finger at me. Everyone talked about the horrible, gruesome details, but my name didn't come up in their conversations. People treated me normally, just like on February 25.
I felt so stupid.
So this movie wasn't as anti-Semitic as I thought, I presumed.
So I went to see it.
It was a good movie with special effects that were phenomenal. Violent? Yes, very. Anti-Semitic? Not near as much as I thought. I couldn't believe I was scared of that! The very thought of being scared makes me laugh at myself.
"The Passion" comes out on DVD and video August 31. I'm kinda
nervous to see how people will react to this....
(Just kidding! : )
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