User's avatar
⭠ Return to thread
NCMaureen's avatar

America needs movie stars? Jim Caviezel, Sound of Freedom. How about a story on Angel Studios, giving away tickets to this film, so people can know the truth about the new slavery in the world, sex trafficking children. At the end of the film, Caviezel does a monologue to the audience. He says, What Harriett Beecher Stowe (Uncle Tom’s Cabin) did for slavery in the 1800s, this movie should do for sex trafficking of kids. Based on a real American hero who went from arresting pedophiles to rescuing enslaved children. No dry eyes in the theatre.

Or, we can go on celebrating formula music ensconsed in glitter.

Expand full comment
Mark Adams's avatar

I think, Maureen, we could have two things at once here, i.e., acknowledgement of both Sound of Freedom and Jim Caviezel’s powerful message, and Taylor Swift’s joyful boost to our economy.

Expand full comment
GA's avatar

We can have two things at once if the media reported equally on two things at once.

Expand full comment
Maureen Mehlman's avatar

That would help. Or maybe not be so cynical about any topic that exposes the wicked underside of child sex trafficking , a clearly harder thing to control/stop with no borders. It might expose those who benefit and well, let’s just note here that most of Epstein’s clients were members of the MSM’s protected class.

Sharing happy stories about Taylor Swift still seems valid without the side by side comparison to todays evils. Good for her.

Expand full comment
Bruce Miller's avatar

I think we can have both

Sound of Freedom deserves all the accolades and none of the criticism it's getting.

Expand full comment
Brett M's avatar

Bari, please do an article or review on the Sound of Freedom so people will stop talking in the comments every day about how wonderful it is and how every other movie is terrible.

Expand full comment
Remesh's avatar

Brett - Lol!

Personally I probably won’t watch the movie because the topic is really hard to stomach but I’d appreciate a solid review.

Expand full comment
Bob Park's avatar

Don't worry - they don't show anything that's not PG-13. You'll be glad you saw it if you go.

Expand full comment
Brett M's avatar

Ramesh I’d also appreciate a review. I just wanted to point out we get it do a review already so it stops being a recurring comment in unrelated stories haha

Expand full comment
Bruce Miller's avatar

Nobody said every other movie is terrible. Sound of Freedom isn't a great movie. But it is a very decent and necessary clarion call about the scourge of human trafficking.

Expand full comment
Brett M's avatar

You are right Bruce oh the first point. It does seem to be a reoccurring comment in the threads since “Barbenheimer” came out though and they chose to right reviews of both of the highly anticipated summer hits and not of the other.

I do also agree that there should be a review of Sound of Freedom in TFP and some discussion around it since we have done the same for the other two. I think I more wanted to point out the not so subtle reader comments about it that keep popping up in other story threads.

Expand full comment
Alison Bull's avatar

I agrée with you about Sound of Freedom. I’d like to see an article about the negative press and the overwhelmingly positive reaction to the movie. But consider that these young girls look up to Swift and she’s a class act, and their attention could be spent in much worse places.

Expand full comment
Maureen Mehlman's avatar

Very true. Kids tend to idolize their heroes. Kind of a right-of-passage in every generation.

Tay-Tay may not be Sister Theresa but lots of her peers aren’t very deserving of the idolatry they receive either. In fact society seems to sink further into the void of pure hedonistic, narcissistic self serving perversions with every generation. This was prophesied thousands of years ago.

Read the Book.

Expand full comment
NCMaureen's avatar

Caviezel said one more thing about Sound of Freedom--it was made 5 yrs ago. The studio had to fight to get it released. Gee, a movie about child sex slavery and pedophiles is met with opposition. I wonder who would be concerned about us knowing this is happening.

Expand full comment