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MEDIA
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Who Wins the Battle
of the Family Box Office:
Can It Be Predicted?
By Dr. Ted
Baehr, Publisher, MOVIEGUIDE ® |
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did DR. SEUSS’ HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS far exceed the box
office returns for the other family movies last
Thanksgiving/Christmas holiday season? The answer is simple, even
though the DR. SEUSS’ HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS has many
egregious flaws and is very, very, very soft on Christian elements,
it contains more of those elements than the other family movies
during this holiday season. In fact, it is the only one of several
of the family movies released that contains ANY of those Christian
elements that appeal to the 60 percent of the Americans who attend
church regularly and who constitute the vast majority of the family
audience.
Many reviewers dismissed DR. SEUSS’ HOW THE
GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS because they did not recognize those clear
Christian elements, such as the debate over the inerrancy of the
‘Book of Who’ (a clear reference to the Bible) and the reference
to Jesus words separating the sheep from the goats where he calls
upon his disciples to take care of the outcasts. Although HOW THE
GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS is very lightweight in terms of its Christian
allegory and references, they are there to the degree that they will
capture the longing of the Christian audience for redemptive
entertainment.
This is not to say that the other family movies
released so far this season are not moral, or make moral points, but
they just don’t present redemptive elements and Christian
symbolism.
Whether the studios realize what sets DR. SEUSS’
HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS apart, is another question. Ron
Howard probably realizes it, because he confides to his associates
that he is a Christian.
For whatever it’s worth, the studios should take
a lesson from the HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS. Weave Christian
allegory into an entertaining movie, and you’ll attract many of
the 60 percent of Americans who faithfully attend church.
Now, if only HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS had
been more faithful to the book and the Christmas story, then it
would be a real hit and a classic to boot. |
Media
Wise Authors
Dr. Ted Baehr
Dr. Tom Snyder
Dan Wooding |
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