quote: Woman Collapses During Showing of "The Passion Of The Christ" Wichita KAKE News
A woman collapsed in an East Wichita theatre this morning, during a showing of "The Passion Of The Christ". Peggy Law apparently suffered a heart attack. She was pronounced dead a short time later at a Wichita medical center.
Peggy Law, also known to some by her married name Peggy Scott is a respected figure in the local broadcasting community. The tragedy has hit some here at KAKE especially hard. She was a former employee.
People viewing the movie at the Warren Theatre East say Law collapsed during the portion of the movie where the crucifixion of Christ was shown.
A few off-duty doctors and nurses who were in the audience tried to revive her. But when she was taken away in the ambulance, authorities say Law still had no pulse.
The movie has been criticized for it's graphic portrayal of Jesus' death. Religious leaders around the country and here in Wichita say people need to be prepared for the graphic brutality.
Whether Law's death and the timing in the film are related, we will never know, but religious and medical officials stress this film is not for the faint-hearted.
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Olivet- It's probably hard not to let the general divisiveness going on elsewhere leak into our other interactions, though I haven't done that on purpose. I don't know if kat's experience is similar to mine at all, I hope not. But I was verbally abused continually using that word and a bunch of others for most of my childhood. Usually I object to it just based on community standard. But I thought I'd explain this to you because of the meaning it has for you. And in this particular case, using it in a sentence with the word "child" in a discussion about Jesus, gave me a particular bout of post traumatic stress. But I know you didn't mean to.
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It seems like he put his heartand soul into it from what I saw of the short little trailer... But I'll pass. I can't stand much violence in films being empathetic.
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Here's my review. It is really intense, and I can't say I "enjoyed" it, but it was very moving.
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