tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post2477531777686170323..comments2023-10-31T05:07:19.353-04:00Comments on Delenda est Carthago: ChristianityToday.com: Defenders of WhateverDr. Φhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14086783503820477029noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-5307029423416784002010-08-28T23:51:47.103-04:002010-08-28T23:51:47.103-04:00It's a book for girls. I read it as a child a...It's a book for <i>girls</i>. I read it as a child and hated it SO much. I'm not averse to tearjerkers, but even as a child I despised the girl and found no reason to mourn her foolish, useless death. Give me Lloyd Alexander any day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-8785755497261239952010-08-28T06:08:38.778-04:002010-08-28T06:08:38.778-04:00Jehu: We see exactly this kind of propaganda in B...Jehu: We see exactly this kind of propaganda in BtT. Leslie and her parents are portrayed as happy and whimsical, while Jess is unhappy and his father is stressed. From what I understand, Ayn Rand and Philip Pullman also use this method frequently in their books.<br /><br />We see a similar distortion in media with regard to race. Like how the medical doctor or computer programmer will always be black, for instance.Dr. Φhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14086783503820477029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-11211593501292085932010-08-27T23:37:32.641-04:002010-08-27T23:37:32.641-04:00The most effective propaganda is what I call '...The most effective propaganda is what I call 'Histogram Distortion'. That is, you make the high-status and sympathetic characters in the movie holders of the view or status marker that you're trying to push. You do the converse with what you're trying to suppress, making your opponent archetypes appear 'uncool'. Thus, all your gay characters will JUST HAPPEN to be sympathetic, and your anti-homosexual characters will of course be uncool. The position of your antagonist will just HAPPEN to be undercut by him being a child abuser, etc. Frequently, you can bolt this content on without changing the artistic core of the story.Jehuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16483263667086303029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-45086489771766061582010-08-27T21:08:28.767-04:002010-08-27T21:08:28.767-04:00Novaseeker: Well said. TGC is an example of a fi...Novaseeker: Well said. TGC is an example of a film whose propaganda made it a commercial and artistic failure.Dr. Φhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14086783503820477029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-9027891794276155892010-08-27T19:52:37.029-04:002010-08-27T19:52:37.029-04:00My guess, Phi, is that they saw the universalist m...My guess, Phi, is that they saw the universalist message well enough, but compared to most other films saw it as being, on balance, a positive film. I think that given how reviling so many films are from the Christian perspective, something like BtT, while obviously problematic, gets some praise for being relatively less so. At least that's my guess. And I agree that even if this is the reason, it's pretty useless for a Christian magazine to be reviewing a film like BtT like that.<br /><br />At the same time, I don't think films like The Golden Compass got a free pass from the Christian press -- but then again that film/book is much less subtle and more or less directly attacks Christianity.knightblasterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03042581488365314771noreply@blogger.com