When the Religious Right Came for Martin Scorsese
- Posted on May 30, 2026
- By The New Yorker
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When the Religious Right Came for Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese’s 1988 film “The Last Temptation of Christ” spurred a bitter battle between Universal and a coalition of Christians who denounced it as sacrilegious. Today’s culture wars follow the template it set out.