Entertainment
Matt and I were having a conversation earlier today and then we
had a lesson at church that brought up the same topic that's been on my mind off and on for a while. So, I have a question that I'd just like to ask to see what other people think about it. The question is: does it bother you when you're watching a movie where the actors portraying the characters are kissing, etc. but are not married in real life--just in the story, if that. The way I've dealt with this in the past is just to say, "well they're married in the story" and then to suppress any further thought about it.
What started me on this topic was when Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie "got together." And then I started thinking about what it must be like to watch your spouse be the star in films similar to stuff that Jolie or Pitt are in. I know this is kind of radical, but it's been on my mind and I just wanted to see what your thoughts are on it.
had a lesson at church that brought up the same topic that's been on my mind off and on for a while. So, I have a question that I'd just like to ask to see what other people think about it. The question is: does it bother you when you're watching a movie where the actors portraying the characters are kissing, etc. but are not married in real life--just in the story, if that. The way I've dealt with this in the past is just to say, "well they're married in the story" and then to suppress any further thought about it.
What started me on this topic was when Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie "got together." And then I started thinking about what it must be like to watch your spouse be the star in films similar to stuff that Jolie or Pitt are in. I know this is kind of radical, but it's been on my mind and I just wanted to see what your thoughts are on it.
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I don't think it's at all radical. They shouldn't be kissing or whatever someone who's not their spouse, whether or not they're acting. They could easily play a part and not do anything inappropriate. -
Yeah, I mean I don't think there's any mystery in why so many Hollywood relationships are so short-lived and often start with a movie the two starred in together. -
I don't know if you've ever seen the movie "Pure Country" with George Strait. There is a sweet love story within the movie, but the characters never kiss. I don't have any proof of this, but someone told me that it was because George Strait refused to do a kiss, out of respect for his wife.
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This is why I stopped doing musicals/operas when I got to DePauw. The director there had no problems throwing in token expletives and I knew he would expect kissing and/or more intimacy than I was comfortable with. I had just gotten married and I knew I could never do this. -
I don't think I've spent much time thinking about it, knowing that's how a lot of the actors live their lives anyway. I know that there is definitely a list of things I'd categorize as "ok" and "not ok" things if it were me and my spouse in acting. -
I hope I don't seem inconsistent here, but I guess if the limit was kissing, I wouldn't restrict that personally. However, on the other hand, I couldn't be the actor doing it. (That is one of the reason I said the questions I asked were not necessarily absolute. Just questions to get us to think harder about what we are watching.) -
I'm reading a book right now ("Forever", by Karen Kingsbury) that deals with this. It's caused me to think a lot about how hard it would be to be a star in Hollywood and deal with this and the papparazzi. I don't know how a Christian could do that.
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