{"id":7039,"date":"2013-04-16T07:41:50","date_gmt":"2013-04-16T14:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/?p=7039"},"modified":"2013-04-16T13:59:31","modified_gmt":"2013-04-16T20:59:31","slug":"dwayne-johnson-sings-a-stryper-song-or-does-he","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2013\/04\/dwayne-johnson-sings-a-stryper-song-or-does-he.html","title":{"rendered":"Dwayne Johnson sings a Stryper song… or does he?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"\"<\/a>As a former Stryper fan \u2014 I bought all but one of their albums when I was a teen, and I attended two of their concerts, once on the To Hell with the Devil<\/i> tour, when they were still dressed in yellow and black and throwing Bibles into the audience, and once on the Against the Law<\/i> tour, when they were wearing different clothes and actively downplaying their Christian connections \u2014 I have to make note of it whenever a movie makes a reference to them. <\/p>\n

Five years ago<\/a>, one of their stickers appeared in the background in the office of a grocery-store manager in Wendy and Lucy<\/a><\/i>. Then, four years ago<\/a>, one of their T-shirts played a significant role<\/a> in Drew Barrymore\u2019s directorial debut, Whip It<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n

And now, there is the following clip from Pain & Gain<\/a><\/i>, the first non-Transformers<\/i> movie directed by Michael Bay in eight years:<\/p>\n