Greg B

If I recall during art history classes in college, the earliest paintings of Jesus and his mom were of black people who often had reddish hair like you see in southern Egypt and Ethiopia. These paintings and drawings continued this likeness for centuries and the more Christianity grew in Europe the lighter he got.

So Mel Gibson makes this new 'Jesus Movie' boasting it's so authentic that the people actually speak Aramaic the language at the time. Yet the actor playing Jesus is a white dude with blue eyes (again).

I guess if Gibson makes a movie about Mao Tse Tung he'll pick a guy with blonde hair?

Wouldn't bother me normally but there's so much bs about this movie and about how historically accurate it's supposed to be, how several actors got hit by lightning, how Gibson is emotionally wrought about it all yadda yadda yadda.

Next time they make a Jesus movie I say they get Danny DeVito to play Jesus. That'll make people stand up and take notice.