{"id":11219,"date":"2012-04-18T02:28:43","date_gmt":"2012-04-18T06:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=11219"},"modified":"2012-04-18T11:47:29","modified_gmt":"2012-04-18T15:47:29","slug":"zac-efron-from-teeniebopper-to-marine-sergeant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2012\/04\/zac-efron-from-teeniebopper-to-marine-sergeant","title":{"rendered":"Can The Lucky One’s Zac Efron portray a convincing U.S. Marine Corps sergeant?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Can\u00a0Disney pretty-boy teenybopper Zac Efron, the Ken doll from Hairspray,<\/em> the crooning, high-stepping big-man-on-campus in the High School Musical<\/em> movies pull of a leading role as a U.S. Marine Corps sergeant?<\/p>\n

Former Marines just home from Iraq don’t comb Justin Bieber-style bangs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A few weeks ago, my son, a U.S. Marines sergeant, came home from Afghanistan and spent the weekend with me, bringing along two buddies from Camp Lejeune. All were serious and respectful \u2013 intense to the point that I worried about them.<\/p>\n

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We drove all over Norfolk, Virginia, visiting every gun store and pawn shop in search of a Russian\u00a0AK-47 assault rifle. They rattled off details about its modifications, advantages and shortcomings. When we finally found one, they examined it with half-interest and didn\u2019t buy it \u2013 although\u00a0each had ample cash from a year-long deployment.<\/p>\n

Then we went to a violent action movie, which they didn’t enjoy, and wandered around a mall, ending up in an upscale department store where Hugh Hefner-style bathrobes were on\u00a0sale at 75-percent off. Each Marine bought one and spent the evening lounging around in their fancy robes wishing they had meerschaum pipes and brandy snifters.<\/p>\n

By the time they had to head back to the base, we\u2019d had a great time, including buying full fishing gear, although we never got around to fishing \u2013 but they didn\u2019t care and left it all with me. All three Continued on Page 2<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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