{"id":6879,"date":"2015-02-15T15:45:27","date_gmt":"2015-02-15T22:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/sisterrosemovies\/?p=6879"},"modified":"2015-02-15T16:02:25","modified_gmt":"2015-02-15T23:02:25","slug":"50-shades-it-lacks-grey-matter-and-why-its-so-wildly-popular","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/sisterrosemovies\/2015\/02\/50-shades-it-lacks-grey-matter-and-why-its-so-wildly-popular\/","title":{"rendered":"’50 Shades’ – it ‘lacks grey matter’ and ‘why its so wildly popular’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Kirsten Anderson over at LifeSiteNews.com posted a very sage analysis of \u201c50 Shades of Grey\u201d and compares it to the \u201cTwilight\u201d franchise from which the Grey stories were drawn:\u00a0The real reason 50 Shades is so wildly popular (HINT: It\u2019s not the sex)<\/a>. I didn\u2019t read the Grey books and haven\u2019t seen the movie \u2013 and am planning to do neither \u2013 so I am trusting that Anderson and my film critic colleague over at USAToday, Claudia Puig, who did see the film (not sure about Anderson but it seems that she may have) have to say about 50 Shades:\u00a0\u2018Fifty Shades\u2019 lacks gray matter, as well as heat<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Please note, the LifeSiteNews encourages a boycott \u2013 I do not. Boycotts only enflame and entice. I think information that respects the person\u2019s ability to reflect and choose is the better and more productive way to go.<\/p>\n

Few seem to recall that the Vatican issued a very wise document \u201cOn Pornography and Violence in the Communications Media\u201d<\/a> back in 1989. It is a fast read and offers all of us information and insight to enlighten our consciences about the dignity of the human person \u2013 and the link between violence and sex in our culture. Mainstream \u201centertainment\u201d normalizes behavior. Domestic violence is pervasive and sexual assault in the US military and on college campuses are on the increase. While it is difficult to prove cause and effect, the values \u2013 or lack thereof \u2013 of a culture emerge from the stories the culture tells and consumes.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t think we are becoming desensitized however \u2013 this is a misnomer. To be desensitized one must first be sensitized and obviously this is not the case.<\/p>\n

The proper word to describe our cultures uncritical consumption of entertainment media is \u201chabituation.\u201d We become so used to things we accept them as normal and move on to something else.<\/p>\n

Critical thinking \u2013 asking questions \u2013 here about what media we consume and what it means \u2013 is not just the hottest political buzz word that politicos use (I don\u2019t think they know what it means because if they did they would either quit or actually serve the people they represent) but a lifeskill that is imperative for the 21st century.<\/p>\n

Here are a couple of guides for the media mindful Christian who cares about their spiritual life \u2013 and it\u2019s never too late to start thinking about our media lives:<\/p>\n

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Kirsten Anderson over at LifeSiteNews.com posted a very sage analysis of \u201c50 Shades of Grey\u201d and compares it to the \u201cTwilight\u201d franchise from which the Grey stories were drawn:\u00a0The real reason 50 Shades is so wildly popular (HINT: It\u2019s not the sex). 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