North vs South: Liberal Culture vs. Traditional Value Culture — A Comparison

In a great article from the American Thinker, entitled The South Rises, Ed Lasky makes the following comparison of North vs. South in terms of competing American cultural visions.  

Culturally, Hollywood and New York City have created a steady stream of dreary and predictable "entertainment" that ridicules Southerners. 

Northern bigotry

Can anyone recall any positive views of the South being articulated by political elites? Time is up. Instead, what comes to mind are the views of Democratic Party leader Howard Dean (Vermont) who considers the South the land of bigots with Confederate flags in their pickup trucks. More recently, a Democrat suggested those visiting NASCAR races be inoculated from those Confederate cooties that are running rampant over the bodies of NASCAR fans.  

What entertainment have they fostered upon America? 

Anti-American movies that portray our leaders in the harshest possible light, that characterize our military volunteers who defend us as sadistic torturers, that label every corporation as a defiler of our laws — this is what we have to feast on when we go out with our families on a Saturday night. Conversely, Hollywood seemingly cannot find the talent or the will to bring forth movies that convey religious themes. Perhaps our "creative community" see such films as too evangelical, too Southern in appeal. (the South is the most religious region of our nation.) 

 Movies such as The Spitfire Grill, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and The Passion of the Christ all were Christian allegories or based on Christian themes that proved to have wide appeal and were financial successes.

All had to be produced outside the Hollywood system. Despite the proven popularity of these movies, Hollywood would rather produce its never-ending stream of anti-American agitprop.

These elites have all but ignored the genres of blues, gospel, and country-western music that express longing and sadness, patriotism and pride, the sense of hope that shines through dark despair. The creative centers for these types of music are all found in the South (Nashville, Memphis and points South. One publicly held company, Gaylord Entertainment, focuses on "Southern" forms of entertainment and has prospered).

By Al Strong | 10/24/07 @ 1:46pm | Filed under: Pop Culture

There’s a Radical, Anti-Christian Agenda in the Media

We all know this.  We just kind of live with it.  But our way of life: wholesome, family oriented, God fearing … cannot sustain attacks forever.

This article, by Ted Baehr, succinctly captures what has been going on over several decades.  Most recent case in point:  "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry". 

Before you say, “So what?,” you might want to consider this fact: “[Introducing] Chuck and Larry” not only mocks Christianity and overtly urges viewers to accept homosexual behavior as just another “lifestyle” choice (when did sex stop becoming a moral issue and become just a “lifestyle choice”?), it is one of the first mainstream movies to associate homosexuality with young children. Thus, one main character’s young son is an effeminate boy who dislikes sports and screams when he sees a pornographic photo of a naked woman. In another scene, a fireman talks about homosexual issues with very young schoolchildren.

By Al Strong | 9/6/07 @ 11:49am | Filed under: Pop Culture

Family Advocate Ted Baehr Says Fight Back Against Hollywood

 One of the leading Christian movie critics and film industry experts is Ted Baehr.  Mr. Baehr has been an innovator in rating movies, helping parents to discern whether a movie is appropriate for viewing by the family, and encouraging a revival of family and Biblical values in Hollywood.

 In this article, he is seen advocating "fighting back" against Hollywood.

By Al Strong | 8/31/07 @ 5:48am | Filed under: Pop Culture, Citizen Reform in Action