Posted on 05/10/2010 7:40:50 PM PDT by Eric Blair 2084
Cast your mind back to January 2009, when Barack Obama became the president of the United States amid much rejoicing. The hosannascovering the inauguration was the honor of our lifetimes, said MSNBC anchor Chris Matthewsby then seemed unsurprising.
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The better we understand this religious impulse, the better we will understand liberal Americas likely trajectory in the years to come.
The first signs of the spiritual zeal that would eventually play a significant part in Obamas election came not from Washington or Chicago but from Hollywood. Our moviemakers are adept at measuring the zeitgeist of the nationof its liberal half, anywayand are a powerful force in shaping it. And for more than a decade, theyve been churning out what critics call black-angel movies. These films feature a white protagonist guided to enlightenment by a black character, usually of divine or supernatural origin or, at the very least, in touch with spiritual experiences that the main character lacks. With the black angels help, the white hero finds salvation.
The genre includes, to name just a few, The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000), in which Will Smithplaying a caddie who is really, the film hints, Godrestores Matt Damons golf game and love life; Bruce Almighty (2003), in which Morgan Freeman, as God, bestows his powers on a manic Jim Carrey;
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Far and away the best of the black-angel films is Frank Darabonts The Green Mile (1999), based on a novel by Stephen King, whose knack for setting his finger on the cultural pulse has made him a multimillionaire.
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The Lefts political zealotry increasingly resembles religious experience.
AGW also has religious cult elements.
Exactly. Read the article.
Liberalism is a religion. I thought Ann Coulter was joking.
BTTT
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