{"id":1758,"date":"2017-04-06T11:10:51","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T11:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/?p=1758"},"modified":"2017-04-06T11:10:51","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T11:10:51","slug":"on-the-edge-in-annie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/2017\/04\/on-the-edge-in-annie.html","title":{"rendered":"On the edge in Annie"},"content":{"rendered":"

Will Sacks, in Annie, learns to face a problem he has. As he does, he\u2019s edging towards a new direction.<\/p>\n

Maybe people don\u2019t like to face problems. It\u2019s more comfortable and easy to avoid. I\u2019d rather listen to a song then perhaps realize I better look into something. Sometimes, problems take years to confront, especially if the playlist of songs is long. One may really need to take five and face a problem.<\/p>\n

\"Annie<\/a>Annie is the 2014 remake of the family movie musical and stage play. It\u2019s about orphan Annie (Quvenzhan\u00e9 Wallis) in the main.<\/p>\n

It also features Will Sacks (Jamie Foxx) who for quite a bit of this movie is avoiding his problem through work.<\/p>\n

Will is busy. He is a New York mayoral candidate on the campaign trail.<\/p>\n

<\/h4>\n

Father figure<\/h4>\n

Will Sacks is immersed in work because of his father.<\/p>\n

Says Will: His Dad worked 20 hours a day. He had barely seen Dad, who worked too much. Dad died when the young lad was 12 years-old.<\/p>\n

Will\u2019s been searching for Dad ever since.<\/p>\n

People may compensate for something lacking in their lives and become immersed in some other activity.<\/p>\n

Real heart<\/h4>\n

Annie happens to provide a political opportunity\u2026but spending time with the young orphan girl is also an opportunity for Will to see there is the chance to be the father he never had. And sure enough, Annie wants a father. They click. Being with Annie, he starts to see that there must be more to life than work.<\/p>\n

Which was better? Somehow searching for that father by immersing one\u2019s self in work (quite unrealistic, though), \u00a0or being the father he never had to someone who needs a father?<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t easy for Will to change down a gear, but go up one. Facing father issues, letting the issue go, and embracing the new stuff takes a lot of courage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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