Letter: Hollywood continues to shun biblical themes

Thursday, Jan. 19, 2006 | 7:27 a.m.

Hollywood continues to turn my stomach. Monday evening, the movie "Brokeback Mountain," which has grossed $32 million so far, was awarded four Golden Globe awards. Movies such as "The Chronicles of Narnia," which has grossed $264 million, and "King Kong," which has grossed $205 million, did not even receive mention!

Remember last year, when the Oscar went to "Million Dollar Baby" instead of Mel Gibson's magnificently directed "The Passion of the Christ"? "Passion" earned $370 million by Sept. 2, 2004, while "Million Dollar Baby" brought in a mere $100 million. Yet there was no Oscar for Mel and his "Passion." Why? I believe it was because Hollywood simply refuses to recognize great movies that possess a biblical theme.

Please note that Oscars and Globes are not what concern me. It is the world views that theses movies advocate, such as assisted suicide ("Million Dollar Baby") and homosexuality ("Brokeback Mountain"). Hollywood is not interested in the historical Christ of Nazareth or even a movie that portrays, in allegorical form, the same story.

The movies that Hollywood does endorse are those that propagate behaviors and world views that are destructive to life itself, and which most Americans are sorely displeased with and fervently against!

The majority are not interested in gay cowboys who cheat on their wives. Neither are the majority of Americans interested in legislating laws that legalize homosexual affairs, marriages and adoptions, nor doctor-prescribed suicides. The box-office totals and the majority vote in the 2004 elections support these conclusions.

Timothy R. Carroll

Las Vegas

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