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Faith and Culture: Denzell & Streep Bible Sparring July 28, 2004 Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5489846 \'Manchurian Candidate' cast talks politics Issues of war and peace were very much on the minds of the stars and director when they sat down with Katie Couric. Academy Award winners Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep and Jonathan Demme revealed just how deep their political passions run in this election year. But lately, it seems the worlds of Hollywood and politics have collided, due in large part to Michael Moore's controversial "Fahrenheit 9/11" and the lengthy list of luminaries who attended that recent fundraiser for Sen. John Kerry. Couric: " You said -- you talked about President Bush and his invocation of religion and you said" Streep: "No, of Jesus." Couric: "Of Jesus, sorry. Through the shock and awe, I wondered which of the megaton bombs Jesus, our president's personal savior, would have personally dropped on the sleeping families in Baghdad." Streep: "It was a question about when you put Jesus on the campaign bus to stump for you, you have to really listen to what he says, because he says, If a man smite thee on the cheek, let you turn the other that he may smite it also. And he says, He who lives by the sword dies by the sword. And he says, Love thine enemy. Jesus could have raised an army against the people that persecuted him. He didn't. So that's what I was pointing out in my speech, and I couldn't really imagine Jesus, like I couldn't imagine how Jesus would vote. Jesus was the Prince of Peace. Would the Prince of Peace vote for a war President?" Washington: "And it's open to interpretation. Jesus also went into the temple and kicked everybody out." Streep: "That's kicking the money-changers out of the temple." Washington: "Well, you're right. So" Streep: "The money-changers should get out of Congress, I agree. And I agree, but he didn't" Washington: "He didn't. He didn't only say turn the other cheek though. Youve got to read the whole book. That's not what all he said." Streep: "Oh, I do read the whole book." Washington: "I do too. And that's not all he said." Streep: "What does he say that said 'pick up a stick and kill somebody?'" Washington: "Like I said, he did go into the temple and cleared the place well" Streep: "Of money, yeah." Washington: "Okay, well, we're all" Streep: "Money's bad." Washington: "We all make money. So does that make us bad? Maybe he's talking about us?" Streep: "Well, yeah, maybe." |
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