Hollywood (4 of 7) "Rebellion" - Russian language video documentary

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February 13, 2009

http://forerunner.com/predv... The following won the "Best Documentary" at a Christian Broadcasters' Awards in Moscow. I produced the video with LOZA-TV in 2000. Victor Victorov narrates a script ...

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The following won the "Best Documentary" at a Christian Broadcasters' Awards in Moscow. I produced the video with LOZA-TV in 2000. Victor Victorov narrates a script that has been translated and adapted from Reel to Real's HOLLYWOOD series written by Eric Holmberg.

PART 3
REBELLION

(VICTOR)
Proverbs tells us that the glory of a young person is their strength. This vitality -- this willingness to take on the world -- to challenge the status quo -- to take risks -- is among the most valuable and glorious characteristics of youth.

(VOICE)
God loves it and loves to make use of it; Jesus' disciples were young, and it was a teenage David that God sent to confront Goliath. But this strength is only one part of the overall picture.

The proverb goes on to say that the splendor of an old man is his gray head; a metaphor for wisdom. Few things in life are more effective in gaining wisdom than fearing God and then simply living -- bearing up under the trials of life. So while it may have been a young David that God used to slay Goliath, it was an older and wiser David that God sent to command the armies of Israel. And herein lies the balance and the wisdom of God -- the strength of youth married to the wisdom of age!

And this is why the family is the most basic unit of the Kingdom of God, why the first eight chapters of Proverbs are filled with fervent pleas to learn wisdom from our parents, and why God wrote by His own hand the first commandment that deals with interpersonal relationships:

HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER. Exodus 20:12

God knew that young people are more susceptible to the influences of the world. The commandment to honor our parents is designed to keep young people safe. In our examination of entertainment, we should note that studies also show that young people are much more susceptible to the appeals of advertising. As a result, a TV show such as Beverly Hills 90210, a thirty second advertisement was worth more than shows with larger audiences simply because it could deliver a more vulnerable younger audience.

As ABC research expert Alan Wurtzel told the magazine TV Guide in 1992: "We're going for the young market for the same reason people rob banks: that's where the money is." (TV Guide, July 11-17, 1992, p.12)

The powerful symbiotic relationship that exists between youth culture and the entertainment industry shows no sign of abating. So it is no wonder that Satan chooses to work through television and its advertising to encourage youth to rebel. Rebellion is a particularly useful sin because once you can get a person to reject authority, other sins become that much easier to push. That's why God views rebellion as the moral equivalent of witchcraft.

Bob Pittman, one of the creators of MTV the cable channel that has practically become synonymous with youth culture has said: "Our core audience is the television babies who grew up on TV and rock and roll...the strongest appeal you can make is emotionally. If you can get their emotions going, make them forget their logic, you've got 'em."

"At MTV, we don't shoot for the 14 year olds, we own them." (Philadelphia Inquirer, 3 Nov. 1982, pp. D-1, D-2)

From programming to commercials, lyrics to video imagery, it's evident that MTV and other forms of youth-oriented entertainment don't see parents sharing much in the lives of their children. Adults are rarely seen, and when they do show up, they're typically portrayed as idiots, or uncool, or harsh and judgmental or all the above. Is it any wonder that in such a rebellious era, almost anything can happen and has.

[EXAMPLES OF REBELLION FROM VIDEOS]

But let's conclude by briefly examining a classic of the teen movie genre -- the 1983 blockbuster Risky Business. The film opens with a dream sequence that nicely encapsulates the movie's plot and message as a teenage Tom Cruise walks past an open Bible and into a steam shrouded bathroom where a mysterious naked woman stands just out of reach. And so begins the central character's journey from what is seen as the old, tired world of convention and morality into the exciting, new world of sin and "risky business."

With his parents out of town, Cruise begins to push the limits. He gets drunk. Tears around town in his father's Porsche. Hires a prostitute. Does drugs. And finally becomes a pimp, turning his parent's home into a house of prostitution and his teenage friends into paying customers.

If all this wasn't bad enough, the movie concludes on the note that sin and rebellion pay. His parents never catch on and his sexual exploits end up getting him into a college that had originally turned him down. And most incredible of all, the film blatantly mocks the young people who play by the rules by cynically contrasting their meager profits against the thousands made by Cruise as he left biblical morality behind.

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