While I agree with the idea that in order to reach the LIV you need to use the media tools of movies etc. I will say without any doubts that any OVERT message of either Christianity or Conservationism will be rejected out of the gates.
If Santorum is feeling brave Robert Ferrigno’s novel “Prayers for the Assassin” would make an amazing movie. This is speculative fiction set in the year 2040, in an America split by terrorism and civil war into two halves, a Christian “Bible Belt” in the South and an Islamic Republic in the North.
A libertarian version of the movie Armageddon where small government individualists cut enough taxes and regulations so that the businesses have incentive to launch the space mission to blow up the incoming asteroid?
Movies are escape from reality, just like liberalism is.
I think Rick is a great guy, but I prefer he remain a contributor instead of a candidate.
I’m all for people shifting gears and going into a different business in middle age.
But to assume the CEO job of a company — any company — when you’ve never actually worked in that company’s business is fantastically arrogant and colossally stupid.
Santorum’s first release as CEO — “The Christmas Candle” — tanked. Because he’s an amateur. I’m guessing it’s someone else’s and not his money he’s losing.
Oh, and now you’re going to bypass theaters and use churches as theaters? THAT’S your strategy after your first effort failed? Go where the movie audience ain’t? Brilliant.
Hint: “Heaven is for Real” is not making tons of money playing in churches. It’s duking it out with mainstream Hollywood films at regular theaters — and cleaning up at the box office. Because it’s good and people want to pay to see it.
If you continue to make what no one wants to pay to see, you won’t succeed in churches, either. You want a captive audience? How about prison rec rooms?
There are plenty of qualified conservatives with experience and knowledge in the movie business who should have this job — CEO Santorum should be interning for someone who actually knows the movie business.
1. The Sweater Vest That Ate PA.
2. Never Met a Tax I Didn’t Like
3. My Big Fat Italian Mouth
4. The Government Elite
5. Bamboozled