http://caledoniyya.com/2009/07/09/sensationalism-and-stereotypes/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:43:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://caledoniyya.com/2009/07/09/sensationalism-and-stereotypes/#comment-1986 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:19:33 +0000 http://caledoniyya.com/?p=4224#comment-1986 Good post – we should also note that this film didn’t just arrive from nowhere: it was written & directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh, the writer of the infamous “Road to 9/11″ TV movie, a self-styled conservative; and produced by the producer of The Passion of the Christ and Mel Gibson’s long-time producer, whose MPower Pictures previously released the wretched conservative “satire” An American Carol. Considering the patently religious and conservative perspective of the film’s producer, it’s no surprise that to find that the film is grand guignol, and manichean. This formula was remarkably successful for the producer, in the case of The Passion…

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