{"id":50743,"date":"2016-08-03T17:37:09","date_gmt":"2016-08-04T00:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/?p=50743"},"modified":"2016-08-03T17:37:09","modified_gmt":"2016-08-04T00:37:09","slug":"mel-gibson-reportedly-cuts-profanity-from-his-world-war-ii-movie-hacksaw-ridge-to-make-it-more-christian-friendly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2016\/08\/mel-gibson-reportedly-cuts-profanity-from-his-world-war-ii-movie-hacksaw-ridge-to-make-it-more-christian-friendly.html","title":{"rendered":"Mel Gibson reportedly cuts profanity from his World War II movie Hacksaw Ridge<\/i> to make it more Christian-friendly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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I\u2019ve been saying for a while that Mel Gibson\u2019s Hacksaw Ridge<\/a><\/i>, which tells the true story of a Seventh-Day Adventist who refused to carry a weapon yet nevertheless saved dozens of lives during the Battle of Okinawa, could be the \u201cChristian World War II movie\u201d that many people hoped Unbroken<\/i> would be a couple years ago.<\/p>\n

Now Brian Godawa \u2014 the Christian novelist, screenwriter and blogger who famously denounced Darren Aronofsky\u2019s Noah<\/i><\/a> while it was still being filmed \u2014 reports that Gibson has made slight changes to Hacksaw Ridge<\/i> (at the writing stage, the editing stage, or both) to make it even easier to sell the film to Christian audiences.<\/p>\n

Godawa made the claim in a blog post<\/a> today in which he says he has seen a rough cut of the film and calls it \u201cone of the most inspiring movies for this generation\u201d:<\/p>\n

And here is what is amazing\u2026 Gibson wants to do as much as he can to appeal to the Christian audience, without compromising his artistic vision. Something you didn\u2019t see Aronofsky or Ridley Scott give a damn about. Gibson cut out all F-bombs and \u201ctaking of the Lord\u2019s name in vain,\u201d in response to Christian concerns. (Now, I happen to think that those demands by the Christian audience are actually unbiblical, but they are nevertheless demands of the demographic, and Gibson respects his audience.).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For what it\u2019s worth, I agree with Godawa that the Christian \u201cdemographic\u201d is wrong to want to remove those elements. I haven\u2019t seen the film, so I don\u2019t know who says what, but \u2014 quite aside from the fact that period-specific profanity has been key to the authenticity of World War II films like Saving Private Ryan<\/a><\/i> \u2014 I can easily imagine a scenario in which, say, the language is used for characterization, to draw a clear line between the Christian hero and the soldiers who abuse him for his beliefs.<\/p>\n

In any case, Godawa goes on to note that Hacksaw Ridge<\/i> is still pretty intense:<\/p>\n

Be aware though, this is about love and sacrifice in a world of great pain and suffering, so there is a lot of the violence, blood and gore of war to illustrate that redemptive power. Fortunately, Christian viewers are less consistent in their acceptance of movie violence, and don\u2019t have as big a problem with it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Presumably, then, Hacksaw Ridge<\/i> will be just as R-rated as Gibson\u2019s other films, even without the historically accurate profanity \u2014 but as Godawa indicates, the R-rated violence shouldn\u2019t be a problem for the audience that made The Passion of the Christ<\/a><\/i> a huge box-office hit. We\u2019ll find out when Hacksaw Ridge<\/i> opens November 4.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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