tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201165796329163117.post2508586876791242601..comments2023-10-10T03:57:29.110-07:00Comments on Razing Ruth: MoviesRazing Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04854418022850278216noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201165796329163117.post-55516751178165586382010-01-25T13:58:36.833-08:002010-01-25T13:58:36.833-08:00I'm surprised that Anne of Green Gables was ac...I'm surprised that Anne of Green Gables was acceptable. She was such a rebelious, imaginative child. Surely these are not traits that ATI seems to encourage.<br /><br />KathyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201165796329163117.post-68840162601129429732010-01-24T13:58:31.911-08:002010-01-24T13:58:31.911-08:00Life must be such a joy and an adventure waking up...Life must be such a joy and an adventure waking up every day in a free world! I hope you find it absolutely exhilerating, Ruth.<br /><br />Coming out of such a uber-religious patriarchal family is kind of like being born into a new life, don't you think? So ironic.<br /><br />Sincerely,<br />Shadowspring<br />Lover of life, lover of people (when I'm at my best) lover of Jesus (he loved me first =)shadowspringnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201165796329163117.post-64808961676698880082010-01-23T18:49:40.004-08:002010-01-23T18:49:40.004-08:00Interestingly, all of these (except we never had V...Interestingly, all of these (except we never had Veggie Tales movies of our own) were our staples too.<br /><br />I would add in Mary Poppins, which (yes, many people say she is a witch) is SUCH a male-dominated film with strong femminist songs! I was shocked seeing it now for what the words REALLY mean. Funny how little kids don't get any of that.<br />My favorite Patriarchal line if <br />"And one more thing, get this piano in tune!" <br />"But George, you don't play!" <br />"Winifred, that is entirely beside the point!" <br /><br />My dad to a T!! He wouldn't even let my mom keep out some decorative salt & pepper shakers because HE didn't want to have to expend the energy to count the holes to see which was salt and which was pepper (our other ones were clear, boring things, these were cute ceramic things with 2 holes for pepper and 3 for salt).Jenhttp://abirdhouse.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201165796329163117.post-37655837740498168842010-01-23T09:32:17.240-08:002010-01-23T09:32:17.240-08:00I love the last sentence about Dane Cook.I love the last sentence about Dane Cook.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201165796329163117.post-82825926621136024942010-01-22T19:23:17.859-08:002010-01-22T19:23:17.859-08:00Oh, yeah, all of those were on our approved list t...Oh, yeah, all of those were on our approved list too! We were also allowed to watch Shirley Temple and SOME Disney movies. As we grew older, my parents let us watch some John Wayne and some other westerns. I think that if they had been around OTHER families that didn't let their children watch much, then they would have been stricter. But even in our church, people kind of looked at them oddly when they learned what wasn't allowed.<br /><br />They are all good movies, but I haven't been able to watch them in at least 5 years because I got so sick of them. I am too busy catching up on everything else I missed while still trying to stay on top of what is currently in. It's a full time job! :D :DLaurahttp://www.redheadedskeptic.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201165796329163117.post-92065470111652532202010-01-22T17:29:36.439-08:002010-01-22T17:29:36.439-08:00I grew up watching the Sound of Music like clockwo...I grew up watching the Sound of Music like clockwork. Before VCR's we had the annul Easter showing. My parents played all the R and H musicals while we cleaned house. I told my mom when I was five that I was going to go see those Sound of Music Mountains. And I did! I dragged my friend who had never seen the movie to Salzburg. She went on the SOM tour. <br /><br />I hate seeing the movie through ATI filters but it's still a great movie. And though I love Pollyanna too, it just makes me miss Jane Wyman in Falcon Crest. <br /><br />Ruth, do you find yourself exploring "forbidden things" like movies or do you just bump into them? I have a lot of friends from the former Soviet block and I made them all watch Grease and Dirty Dancing as a primer for American life. I also recommend anything John Hughes produced.cynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201165796329163117.post-90472394068682521272010-01-22T14:19:53.293-08:002010-01-22T14:19:53.293-08:00Well, I'll say this much for your approved mov...Well, I'll say this much for your approved movie list...they're some of my favorites! I'm almost 30 and I love Veggie Tales. haha. I agree with the above statement on the pop culture references. My favorite was in the Wizard of Oz Veggie Tale when someone says "Tiiin Man. Rusted" hahaDogearedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13061747465061989757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201165796329163117.post-23597638424315400012010-01-22T14:15:32.895-08:002010-01-22T14:15:32.895-08:00Little Women's author, Louisa May Alcott, wasn...Little Women's author, Louisa May Alcott, wasn't exactly an evangelical Christian either -- more of a transcedentalist and feminist, if you ask me! On the side, she also enjoyed writing lots of lurid pulp fiction under a pseudonym if I remember the story right. I guess she wasn't exactly an ATI poster child if you know the background! One of my daughters is writing a research paper on her. :-)Virginia Knowleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13851255511747838013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201165796329163117.post-82449074695655718442010-01-22T12:09:53.742-08:002010-01-22T12:09:53.742-08:00I've always thought the target audience for Ve...I've always thought the target audience for Veggies Tales should be students at a Christian college--educated enough to understand the literary and historical references, religious enough to agree with the "do-gooder", behavior-based, morality themes, and just the right developmental age for the rather schizo and disjointed jumps from storyline to storyline.Sandra Keehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16979912092987681396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201165796329163117.post-44594415536944471432010-01-22T10:42:11.173-08:002010-01-22T10:42:11.173-08:00Hi Ruth- I personally LOVE Pollyanna with Haley Mi...Hi Ruth- I personally LOVE Pollyanna with Haley Mills!! That movie always makes me so happy inside. I would think Aunt Polly (an unmarried woman RICH woman living comfortably without a man) would be against the ATI/QF dogma, especially one who was not too keen on taking in her orphaned niece. LOL. Also Pollyanna was a spit fire- sticking up to the adults telling them what stick in the muds they were being.....<br /><br />Thank you for explaining the logic behind "The Sound of Music" I never understood why the Duggars were so fond of it given the forbidden dancing and kissing. <br /><br />As always, thanks for writing.Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06253375702367863424noreply@blogger.com