Should Lifeway have pulled The Blindside?
Tags: Breakpoint, Christian, culture, entertainment, Faith, faith&culture
Published by Eric Metaxas on 07/10/12 under Blog
Recently, Lifeway Christian stores — under pressure from a Florida pastor — made a decision to pull “The Blindside” dvds from their shelves because of some bad language in the otherwise worthy film. I think that was a big mistake. If you haven’t followed this controversy, please read my Breakpoint commentary (”Blindsided: Heading for Cultural Irrelevance”) by clicking here. To listen to a radio interview I did on this with my BP colleague John Stonestreet, click here. And for John’s thoughtful BP commentary on Christians and the arts, click here.
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I think an awful lot about why most Americans have a hard time finding entertainment that shares their values. Just recently I was asked to speak briefly on that subject for On the Page, a new feature at nationalreview.com.
Tom Hanks, Ron Howard, and Dan Brown are at it again, with a new movie destined to confuse, mislead, and vex millions. If you saw their previous collaboration, The Davinci Code, or read the record-breakingly awful book — or better yet, just heard about it — you may be interested in my take on it. It came in the form of a parody, titled