{"id":154,"date":"2009-07-24T06:43:57","date_gmt":"2009-07-24T06:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/redletters\/2009\/07\/the-true-horror.html"},"modified":"2009-07-24T06:43:57","modified_gmt":"2009-07-24T06:43:57","slug":"the-true-horror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2009\/07\/the-true-horror.html","title":{"rendered":"The True “Horror”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today marks the release of Orphan,<\/em> or as the Washington Post<\/a> referred to it, a:<\/p>\n

"depraved, worthless piece of filth…a high-gloss horror show about a well-meaning couple who bring home a 9-year-old girl to join their family, only to discover, way too late, that she's a homicidal psychopath."<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The widespread criticism of Orphan<\/em> is showing up in both the mainstream media (New York Times<\/em><\/a>, <\/em>New York Times 2<\/em><\/a>) <\/em>and also in Christian news sources as well. (See Orphans Deserve Better<\/a>)<\/p>\n

The true horror, as pointed out by the Orphans Deserve Better site, is not the Hollywood over-hyped stereotype of an adoption gone homicidially off the rails. There's ample evidence on both sides of the older orphan adoption discussion, and I think all would agree that this movie doesn't help the 150 million children without families.<\/p>\n

That's the real horror.<\/p>\n

If you want a good horror story about orphans, I've got plenty that will turn your stomach and wrench your heart. Imagine, for a moment, the impact that the film's producers could have had by investing the film's budget in cleaning up some of the real horrors facing orphaned kids today. <\/p>\n

Now that's a film I'd pay to see.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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