Thursday, October 13, 2005
Panic Now! Before There Is A Real Problem
Some columnist in Flordia is worried that this coming Christmas' Narnia movie is going to cross the church/state line. Worse than religion sneaking into public schools is the fact that the path is paved by capitalists, at least according to this panic striken drivel meister.
Here's the thing, if we can no longer teach literature with Christian allusion, or stories that have had movies made about them with commerical tie-ins, there is not going to be a whole lot left to read. Shakesphere's out -- so is Nathaniel Hawthorne. The hero dying for another and reappearing later, like a resurrection, is pretty much a staple of heroic literature of any sort. What about all those Jane Eyre movies?
Now here is what really gets to me -- What about LOTR? Tolkien and Lewis had a beer together every Thursday for their entire mutual time at Oxford. Tolkien was a devote Christian and Christian themes are all through LOTR.
This isn't about the books, this about the people that like the books. This guy just doesn't like them.
Besides, I'm betting Disney is going to tone down the Christian imagery pretty significantly.
Here's the thing, if we can no longer teach literature with Christian allusion, or stories that have had movies made about them with commerical tie-ins, there is not going to be a whole lot left to read. Shakesphere's out -- so is Nathaniel Hawthorne. The hero dying for another and reappearing later, like a resurrection, is pretty much a staple of heroic literature of any sort. What about all those Jane Eyre movies?
Now here is what really gets to me -- What about LOTR? Tolkien and Lewis had a beer together every Thursday for their entire mutual time at Oxford. Tolkien was a devote Christian and Christian themes are all through LOTR.
This isn't about the books, this about the people that like the books. This guy just doesn't like them.
Besides, I'm betting Disney is going to tone down the Christian imagery pretty significantly.
