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Uh huh! Right Lance! You and your protegees
are sounding more and more confused and unworthy to even question the
motives of someone like David Miller because you
seriously lack understanding. There is no way that anyone who has the
mind of Christ would want to watch the movie below; however to watch it and
speak of the leading character as a "type of Christ" is completely
over the top. AntiChrist would be much more accurate. A lot of good
TFT, Dylan and their poetry is going to do them on the last day. Let's
wake up and smell the coffee!!! You are all walking on the edge of a
slippery slope
jt
So am I 'surprised'. I've known dozens who've
read and, apprehended it. I've known of a couple, David among them, who
didn't. I do believe he's in some kind of theological 'bondage'. No, I am not
kidding. Yes, Iz and Judy, I do know how presumptuous this sounds. IMO, it is
the apprehension of the double move of God in Christ, undercutting David's
'works righteousness' framework, emphasizing the ALL OF CHRIST that eludes
him.
A partial review of the movie JD watched by James
Berardinelli as follows:Ex-Marine Louanne Johnson (Michelle Pfeiffer)
comes to a Palo Alto high school in search of a job as a student teacher. What
she gets instead is a full-time position teaching English to a group of bright
but "socially challenged" students that she quickly dubs as the "rejects from
hell." When her first-day wardrobe choice and meek attitude earn her the
nickname of "White Bread", she tries a radical approach:
wear a leather jacket, curse as proficiently as the kids, and teach karate as
a lead-in to English Lit. It works, and the students start to come
around. Despite protestations from an uptight, by-the-book principal
(Courtney B. Vance), lives are changed as a result of
Louanne's unorthodox approach of using Bob Dylan lyrics to teach poetry and
rewarding completed assignments with trips to amusement parks and dinners at
fancy restaurants.
How much of Dangerous Minds ended up on the cutting room floor? A
good question, and the answer may explain why this film is so erratic.
Relationships that should have been better developed are left in an embryonic
stage. The most notable is between Louanne and an especially difficult pupil,
Emilio (Wade Dominguez). There's obviously something missing in the way these
two learn to relate to each other. The result of this incomplete, hit-and-miss
approach diminishes the impact of the film's central tragedy.
Dangerous Minds has a heart, but no soul. In the face of hard-hitting
pictures like Kids and Teen
Dreams, it's difficult not to see this movie as
trivializing serious issues. The seams in the script show a little too
clearly, and the heavy-handed attempts at audience manipulation stand out.
Michelle Pfeiffer gives a solid performance, as do a number of the young
actors playing Louanne's students, but Dangerous Minds is in desperate
need of more than good acting. It demands substance rather than the filler
that the film makers thought would make an acceptable substitute.
© 1995 James Berardinelli
G and all:
Watched "Dangerous Minds" this afternoon -- between spurts of The
Mediation of Christ (yes, I am a little behind schedule,
Debbie). I thought of G while watching this movie because Bobby D 's work played a major
role in the life of the main character of the film.
There are many ways of "accepting Christ" into one's life.
I believe this teacher demonstrated one
of those ways. She became the light for her
students....... an extra ordinary pronouncement if ever applied to any of us
------- and, from to time, it has, I am sure.
Its 6:30 here and 102 !! Its pool time for the short fat
guy.
And then, back to Torrance. I am surprised that this book
did not have more of an impact on DM.
JD
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