Friday, March 5, 2010
Movies and thoughts--part 1
The Jane Austen Book Club: I'd give it 3 out of 5 stars; it was okay. During the movie, something specific bothered me and I didn't recognize why until a few hours after the movie. The daughter is a lesbian. The family responds to this with little concern and similar interest to a daughter with a boyfriend, breaking up with a boyfriend, etc. The scenes of she and her partner are portrayed similar and akin to the other traditional relationships going on in the movie. This bugged me. I have no problem with each person and each family choosing how to deal with same-sex attraction within or without their family, but what we need to realize is that just because it was shown this way in the movie doesn't mean it is this way in real like. This is how Hollywood wants us to act toward same-sex relationships. Everything is normal. Everyone is happy. They are just like you. Embrace them for their choice. Embrace their choice. Well, Hollywood can push rhetoric and their ideas, but this character's part and the family and friend's reactions are not real. They are made up and pretend. Happiness does not always come from doing what you want to do and we don't have to pretend that it does.
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I think you're brave for posting on such a touchy topic. I agree with you, and I slightly disagree with you. One of my friends has a gay brother. The family doesn't agree with his choice and my friend actually believes that it is a trial in this life that he must overcome. Even though the family doesn't accept his choice, he is still a part of their family.
I agree with you that "Everything is normal. Everyone is happy..." is flawed and not true. However, I don't believe that everything always is entirely bad. Yes, it's wrong. But as my friend believes, it is one of their trials to overcome. "Despise the sin, but not the sinner."
You hit the nail on the head, Heidi. Jessica, I agree (as I am sure almost everyone on the planet does) that we should "Despise the sin, but not the sinner." However, too many people in the world use that phrase in a context where they really mean, "Accept the sin along with the sinner."
When I say that I hate smoking, it does not mean that I hate people that smoke. It is no different when the issue is gays instead of smokers. I am sick of seeing people labeled as bigots because of their feelings about homosexuality. Most people I know who hate homosexuality still show homosexuals just as much respect as they show anyone else.
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