Marginalia
June, 2006
Although it Was Tempting to watch with incredulity as violent protests against the Muhammad cartoons unfolded and spread, a new movie makes the important point that we still face similar forces here in America. Heard of the Beholder, which has screened on the film-festival circuit and is available on DVD, is based on the story of a young entrepreneur who ran afoul of religious activists in St. Louis when he stocked The Last Temptation of Christ in his chain of video-rental shops. The drama hews...
