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Tag Archives: Blame
Scourging and Buffeting: Jurors in the Court of Torture and Blame!
Anyone who has seen Mel Gibson’s films will know that he is quite fond of accentuating torture scenes – almost to the point of fetishisation. Whether it’s Detective Riggs, William Wallace, or an emaciated Jesus Christ, we have become accustomed … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Literary Criticism, Literature, Uncategorized
Tagged ancient stage, Apocrypha, Blame, Buffeting and Scourging, canonical sources, Catholicism, Christian history, Christianity, Church, Church history, Complicity, Dark Ages, Drama, Gospels, Jesus Christ, Jewish history, mediaeval, Medieval, Mel Gibson, Mystery Plays, Passion of the Christ, Passion Plays, Religion, Revisionist history, Roman History, theatre, torture, torture scenes, Towneley Cycle
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