{"id":1929,"date":"2013-05-26T16:14:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-26T16:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2013\/05\/film-industry-takes-a-bold-leap-of-courage.html"},"modified":"2013-05-26T16:14:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-26T16:14:00","slug":"film-industry-takes-a-bold-leap-of-courage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2013\/05\/film-industry-takes-a-bold-leap-of-courage.html","title":{"rendered":"Film industry takes a bold leap of courage"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>And <a href=\"http:\/\/movies.yahoo.com\/news\/cannes-awards-safe-wins-short-film-honor-171548716.html?bcmt_s=m#ugccmt-container\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">awards one of its most prestigious awards to a film advocating homosexuality<\/a>. \u00a0Yep, you read right. \u00a0It\u2019s almost hard to comprehend the courage it takes to present a pro-homosexual film to the movie industry gathered in France. \u00a0Seriously, I ask you, is there any industry more cowardly and more conformist to collective group think than the modern film industry. \u00a0What happened to the days when the arts and entertainment world boldly challenged the status quo and the latest fads, instead of being the primary supporter and promoter of the same?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And awards one of its most prestigious awards to a film advocating homosexuality. \u00a0Yep, you read right. \u00a0It\u2019s almost hard to comprehend the courage it takes to present a pro-homosexual film to the movie industry gathered in France. \u00a0Seriously, I ask you, is there any industry 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