{"id":23212,"date":"2022-07-29T09:05:04","date_gmt":"2022-07-29T13:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=23212"},"modified":"2022-07-29T09:56:04","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T13:56:04","slug":"friday-media-scrollcoming-to-pure-flix-in-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2022\/07\/friday-media-scrollcoming-to-pure-flix-in-august.html","title":{"rendered":"Friday Media Scroll+Coming to Pure Flix in August"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 07\/29\/22<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Friday Media Scroll: What does Pro Choice really mean? Has Netflix seen its best days? Marvel v. God?
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Quote of the Week:<\/strong> \u201cThe moment between past and present, present and past, the moment between after and next. The hammock in the middle of after and next. Treasure it. Use it \u2014 with love.\u201d<\/em> – legendary TV producer Norman Lear<\/strong> offering some profound advice on the occasion of his 100th birthday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

From Fox News.com<\/a>:<\/strong>\u00a0Ethics and Public Policy Center <\/strong>Fellow <\/strong>Patrick\u00a0T.\u00a0Brown<\/strong>\u00a0writes “It’s time to be honest. If these leading Democrats were truly pro-choice, they\u2019d be open to working with Republicans to get resources to moms interested in keeping their babies. Instead, it is increasingly clear that their pro-choice rhetoric has become, in practice, pro-only-one-choice: abortion.\u00a0Pointing out their extremism is the first step for conservatives. But after the Supreme Court\u2019s ruling that gave states the power to protect unborn life, Republicans have a golden opportunity to be the party that is authentically pro-life, pro-parent, and pro-family<\/em>.”
\nIMHO: <\/strong>See my previous post<\/a>.
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From The New York Post<\/a>: Media Critic Johnny Oleksinski <\/strong>contends “(T)he end is nigh for poor old Netflix<\/strong>. The media\u2019s cute spin on the struggling streamer\u2019s quarterly earnings report Tuesday was that it lost fewer subscribers than it expected to \u2014 1 million instead of 2 million. Pop the cork, losers!…Netflix has lost the streaming wars. Disney+<\/strong> has Star Wars<\/strong><\/em>, Marvel<\/strong> and Avatar<\/strong><\/em>; HBO Max<\/strong> boasts DC Comics<\/strong>, Harry Potter<\/strong><\/em> and Godzilla<\/strong><\/em>. Woebegone Netflix \u2014 sigh \u2014 touts migraines starring Melissa McCarthy<\/strong>.
\nIMHO: <\/strong>I actually really enjoyed film he goes on to trash<\/a>, am a regular viewer of the streamer’s kind and lighthearted travel show Somebody Feed Phil<\/a><\/strong> <\/em>and, overall, find Netflix generally a tad less maniacally woke than its counterparts (especially Disney+<\/a>)
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Speaking of Marvel, <\/strong>writing for Religion Unplugged<\/strong><\/a> filmmaker and culture critic Joseph Holmes suggests the franchise “has issues with God.”<\/strong> I don’t know what might be going on with the newer Marvel entries but I do recall this from the original Avengers<\/strong> <\/em>film in 2012<\/a> in which Captain America<\/strong>, without hesitation, wholeheartedly cast his lot with the Almighty.<\/p>\n