{"id":203,"date":"2009-04-17T06:08:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-17T06:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/omeoflittlefaith\/2009\/04\/diffrent-strokes-just-got-disturbing.html"},"modified":"2009-04-17T06:08:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-17T06:08:00","slug":"diffrent-strokes-just-got-disturbing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/omeoflittlefaith\/2009\/04\/diffrent-strokes-just-got-disturbing.html","title":{"rendered":"Diff&#8217;rent Strokes Just Got Disturbing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);\">If you&#8217;re like me, <\/span>you probably never think about how important music is to setting the tone of the images you&#8217;re seeing on TV or in a movie. But the background music makes all the difference.<\/p>\n<p>Want proof? Check out the title sequence of one of my favorite childhood shows, <span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sitcomsonline.com\/diffrentstrokes.html\">Diff&#8217;rent Strokes<\/a>, <\/span>but without the chirpy soul music.<\/p>\n<p>Willis? Arnold? I don&#8217;t care <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">how<\/span> fancy Mr. D&#8217;s limo is. You kids need to be careful. 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