The wrong way to convey an anti-abortion message
Big Hollywood and The Blaze have brought attention to 2 movies with anti-abortion themes. Or so it would seem. The one called "The Life Zone" has to do with 3 pregnant women kidnapped from abortion clinics to force them to deliver for a pro-lifer played by Robert Loggia.
Even if, at the end, they admit that kidnapping is a reprehensible offense, I think this is the wrong way to convey any objections to abortion. Let us be clear: abortion is bad, but then so is kidnapping, and the filmmakers are taking a risk of offending kidnap victims, including Elizabeth Smart and even Jaycee Dugard, who was kidnapped by a madman named Phillip Garrido and his wife in California in 1991 and held hostage for 18 years, during which time she was forced to bear 2 children for him (is anyone else as irritated as I am that very few major conservatives said anything about this? Phyllis Chesler was one of the few to bring this up). What would they say if they learned about a movie that justifies kidnapping over something you don't agree with? There are as many as 700,000 women and children who've been victims of abduction and rape in the US every year. How does this make things any better?
I suppose some of the comments from the sites would help make a case here:
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So if this stinky item "The Life Zone" tanks at the box office, I won't be one bit sorry. Conservatives need to learn when it pays to convey their own messages in a sensible manner. This sure ain't it.
Even if, at the end, they admit that kidnapping is a reprehensible offense, I think this is the wrong way to convey any objections to abortion. Let us be clear: abortion is bad, but then so is kidnapping, and the filmmakers are taking a risk of offending kidnap victims, including Elizabeth Smart and even Jaycee Dugard, who was kidnapped by a madman named Phillip Garrido and his wife in California in 1991 and held hostage for 18 years, during which time she was forced to bear 2 children for him (is anyone else as irritated as I am that very few major conservatives said anything about this? Phyllis Chesler was one of the few to bring this up). What would they say if they learned about a movie that justifies kidnapping over something you don't agree with? There are as many as 700,000 women and children who've been victims of abduction and rape in the US every year. How does this make things any better?
I suppose some of the comments from the sites would help make a case here:
I don’t get it. If the horror of it is that the women get abducted by a pro-life doctor and are forced to have their children, how is that a pro-life message?And:
There are some genres that will just never make a good vehicle for certain messages.
Try showing a horror movie where the guilt of conscience for having an abortion drives a woman insane.
Try showing a love story about how a hardened woman learns the preciousness of children and learns that the reward of birth and motherhood far outweighs the rewards of her former life.
So much bad “art” on the Blaze today!
I truly hate bad Christian “art”. It’s earnestness and sense of righteousness often gets in the way of being either good art or really convincing and convicting. These movies often only end up preaching to the choir because the makers never bother to think about the differenvce between the truth as a Christian understands it and the truth that a non-Christian is able to understand.Maybe not. Maybe they'll think some crazy "pro-lifer" thinks aborting an unborn life automatically justifies holding a woman hostage, regardless of whether the woman's committed crimes against other people, and even worrying the woman's family to death of their whereabouts.
Kidnapping women to MAKE them give birth? At first it sounded like a pro-CHOICE film. Who on earth is the intended audience for this film? Will women seeking abortions watch it, and after watching it will they think better of pro-life arguments?
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I’m very much pro life and I agree also, this is beyond stupid. And just for the record, I really enjoy a good horror flick….I like the zombie movies. Funny for a 50 plus woman, huh? In all reality though this is stupid, stupid, stupid. Not only should you NOT use abortion as a horror movie to start with, it casts a bad light on pro life folks. Its not an issue to be used so cavalier as this movie does. I also want to make it clear I totally condem the violence used by some against pro abortionists. I believe in reason and education. I aso think its a good idea to show women what their baby looks like (like sonograms) and how they act inutero before these women have abortions. I believe in the power of prayer and I pray for these women and their babies. “Every knee will bow and every tongue confess”Let us be clear: is abortion objectionable? Yes, but let's remember: it's not like the average woman who has an abortion has tried to kill people already born or people unrelated to her. Nor has she robbed any pedestrians at gunpoint or committed aggravated assault, terrorist bombings or committed racial discrimination, and if not, I'm not sure why the filmmakers are going to such extremes.
So if this stinky item "The Life Zone" tanks at the box office, I won't be one bit sorry. Conservatives need to learn when it pays to convey their own messages in a sensible manner. This sure ain't it.
Labels: misogyny, Moonbattery, showbiz
