{"id":40724,"date":"2021-11-27T01:17:11","date_gmt":"2021-11-27T06:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/?p=40724"},"modified":"2021-11-22T18:35:08","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T23:35:08","slug":"king-richard-its-a-family-affair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/2021\/11\/27\/king-richard-its-a-family-affair\/","title":{"rendered":"King Richard— It’s a Family Affair"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Venus & Serena Surprise the Cast of King Richard\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pox-caVgNFg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>First point. I haven\u2019t cried at a movie this much in a long time.\u00a0 This is one powerful story of overcoming obstacles and achieving great success.\u00a0 Overcoming prejudice, overcoming the star-maker machinery, staying within one\u2019s family values.\u00a0 I did not realize the Williams sisters grew up in a strong Jehovah\u2019s witness family.\u00a0 There are various things I would strongly disagree with the JWs about, but not their emphasis on family and core family values, and not their insistence on following Jesus\u2019 teaching on non-violence and humility. It\u2019s those values that shine through in the amazing performance of Will Smith playing Richard Williams.\u00a0 He should be nominated for an Oscar for this performance.\u00a0 Truly. And the girls and the wife are equally well acted.\u00a0 They may be \u2018straight out of Compton\u2019 but their story is not like many others from Compton in its Christian flavor in some respects.\u00a0 The portrayal does not fail to show Richards flaws as well as his strengths. He\u2019s a patriarchal domineering dominator of his family, and that is not a core Biblical value. Nevertheless, there are many good things about this film.<\/p>\n<p>The story takes us from when Venus and Serena are young girls through their initial teenage years until Venus finally turns pro.\u00a0 In other words it tells us the back story from the late 80s up until 1994 when Venus played her first pro matches, including a semi-final match against the then no. 1 ranked player in the world.\u00a0 Those of us who love sports know the rest of the story, so it was nice to focus on the hidden years, the gestation period.\u00a0 And it was nice to hear some of the music of that period once more as well.\u00a0 This film is over 2 hours long, but it never drags, it involves no bad language, no sexual innuendo, and a lot of heart-warming scenes. It\u2019s all about a papa bear protecting his cubs and trying with his mate to raise them right.\u00a0 I loved this movie, and am glad it\u2019s getting lots of kudos and good rating, which it richly deserves.\u00a0 I wish there were more moving stories like this in the cinema.\u00a0 But we have to be thankful there is this one\u2014 its a perfect family film during this holiday season.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First point. 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