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Warner Bros.' new horror movie Orphan proclaims that:
"It must be hard to love an adopted child as much as your own."
I beg your pardon?
Let me get this straight: in this age of over-zealous, political correctness, it's not ok to bash any group of people EXCEPT... oh, let's say, a child who has lost both parents?
In a time when orphanages are overrun and the foster care system busting at the seams, Hollywood thinks it's perfectly acceptable to paint orphans as little sociopaths waiting to destroy your family.
Nice.
Oh, it's a horror film all right.
I'm horrified that this movie even made it into production.
Hey, while we're at it, why don't we go ahead and make fun of the children starving in Ethiopia, too? I mean, there's gotta be some good fodder there, right?
Really, what makes them -- what made ANYONE who approved this movie, at any level -- think this was acceptable?
And why would we, who know and love many former orphans, support such rubbish at the expense of children?
I have several friends (like Carole)who have adopted and whom I admire greatly for doing so. Their adoption experiences have been nothing short of amazing. This film is an insult to them and everything they hold dear.
Yeah, yeah... I know... this isn't the first movie to take a swipe at orphans or to make light of psychopathy in children.
It's just "make believe;" what's the big deal?
The big deal is this:
Unless you are willing to step up and actually DO something productive to help the people you mean to exploit, then you really should keep your labels to yourself. We don't really need another horror flick, but millions of children really do need a home.
The ONLY thing this movie will accomplish is to hurt the adoption and foster care programs.
Those prospective parents who have lingering doubts about adoption will leave this film convinced that adopting is not for them.
Meanwhile, as the movie's execs sit around counting their millions, 145 million children will go to bed tonight without a real home and without a family.
145 MILLION!
I've got news for Hollywood; that's NOT entertainment.
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4 comments:
Great post!!! I'm gonna Tweet it!
Excellent post. This was my favorite part:
Unless you are willing to step up and actually DO something productive to help the people you mean to exploit, then you really should keep your labels to yourself. We don't really need another horror flick, but millions of children really do need a home.
As someone who has an orphan living with me right now who is so precious and wonderful and so deeply desires a family, what you said really resonated with me. Thanks for the great post!
Don't know enough about this to comment much, but I will say this. I'm not a big fan of horror films in the Christian world, period. Tell you why. I've seen many and didn't used to feel that way, but.....as years have past, scary moves have become so gruesome, so Satanic, and they promote the spirit of Fear, which we know is NOT from God. When you watch that stuff in your home, I truly believe you are inviting it into your home....plus, when you buy/rent it, you are supporting it. Just be two cents....
I LOVE your post...it worried me that a film like this could exist...and why? I know it touched a root in the adoption community---as a birthmother, I worry that it has stepped way across a boundry that should never been touched! Precious are the children God gives us!
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