Passion of the Jew

For someone who has never watched Mel Gibson “Passion of the Christ”, my only reference to the film was via the pop culture reference of the very humorous rendition entitled “Passion of the Jew”. The episode was an overt and satirical interpretation of the film but also a social and cultural commentary of the reaction to the film. Mel Gibson is ridiculed by Stan and Kenny for making such a terrible movie and is idolised by Eric Cartman who organises a fan club for having shown the true nature of the Jews, and ends up dressing up what can only be interpreted as Hitler saying anti-Semitic German chat, which the mob misinterprets as Aramaic, chanting: Es ist Zeit für Rache!, Wir müssen die Juden ausrotten! (We must exterminate the jews).

Stan and Kenny go to Malibu to demand Mel Gibson to give them back their money but they thought that the movie was terrible.  Only find that Mel Gibson as a torture fanatic, wanting Stan and Kenny to torture him in order to get their money back. They end up taking his money, and Gibson follows them back to South Park.

Meanwhile Eric gets into Kyle’s head where he being tormented by his dreams and even goes to speak with Father Maxi. Kyle later stands up in front of the Synagogue and asks that it time for the Jewish community to give an official apology for the death of Jesus. Leading to the Jewish community in front of the movie theatre asking for the movie to be removed because of its promotion of Anti-Semitic at the same time the Christian community arrives with Eric as its leader is saying how important the movie is for Christian everywhere. Later Mel Gibson, Stan and Kenny arrive and the rest of South Park witnesses how much Gibson loves torture is. Stan makes a speech about how there should be more focus on the teaching of Jesus and not the way he died, he feels better about a Jew after seeing Gibson behaviour, Gibson himself end up defecating on Cartmans face and runs away whooping

The Passion of the Christ” which took into various accounts of Jesus from the Gospels as well as a visions from Anne Catherine Emmerich, which also goes to the question that added in class Whose Jesus, the Gibson Jesus is that of a more redeemer model focusing on his suffering. The South Park episode in its very overt and satirical way looked at the many controversies that emerged from the film. In terms of whether or not the film restored faith in the hearts of Christians and non Christians is debatable, as well its hard to say if it also promoted and encouraged anti-Semitism. If you have opinions please post

My understanding of the Passion of Christ and specifically in relation to the Jews can be taken from the lines 4(13)-5 from the“Declaration of the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions: Nostra Aetate,” which was proclaimed by his Holiness Pope John Paul VI on October 28 1965

“True, the Jewish authorities and those who followed their lead pressed for the death of Christ;(13) still, what happened in His passion cannot be charged against all the Jews, without distinction, then alive, nor against the Jews of today. Although the Church is the new people of God, the Jews should not be presented as rejected or accursed by God, as if this followed from the Holy Scriptures. All should see to it, then, that in catechetical work or in the preaching of the word of God they do not teach anything that does not conform to the truth of the Gospel and the spirit of Christ.

Furthermore, in her rejection of every persecution against any man, the Church, mindful of the patrimony she shares with the Jews and moved not by political reasons but by the Gospel's spiritual love, decries hatred, persecutions, displays of anti-Semitism, directed against Jews at any time and by anyone.

Besides, as the Church has always held and holds now, Christ underwent His passion and death freely, because of the sins of men and out of infinite love, in order that all may reach salvation. It is, therefore, the burden of the Church's preaching to proclaim the cross of Christ as the sign of God's all-embracing love and as the fountain from which every grace flows.”

If anyone knows any other pop culture references that is directed to the “Passion of the Christ”, please let me know.