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...Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe,” released today (see B1), is an extended Christian allegory that is being specifically marketed to Christian audiences. Last year, “The Passion of the Christ” made $370 million domestically, mainly on the strength of its appeal to Christian audiences.In the wake of these mega-successes, Christian audiences have attained a special new prominence in American mass media that they haven’t had before, and aren’t likely to recede into the background any time in the near future. The most surprising aspect...
...64th time city officials have lit a tree, it was the first time ever that the evergreen in question was described as a “holiday tree” rather than a Christmas tree. The name change was done ostensibly to secularize the tree and have it appeal to Boston residents of all faiths. The actual result, however, was to illustrate how much politicians pander to political correctness. As mentioned previously, the lighting of the Christmas tree has been an event for the past 64 years. Moreover, it is the 34th year Nova Scotia has given a tree...
...Adamson suggests that the press has overplayed the religion angle.“I’m worried about why you’re all so obsessed with it!” he says with a laugh. “I always thought we were trying to appeal to all fans of the book, whatever their beliefs… Disney wants everyone to go see this movie.”—Staff writer Simon W. Vozick-Levinson can be reached at vozick@fas.harvard.edu...
However, RCS president Rosie C. Thede ’06 emphasizes the appeal of singing traditional Christmas songs...
...discretion. The commission spent over five hours Monday night interviewing those involved before assessing penalties. “We tried to leave as much as possible [no] stone unturned,” Love said in an interview early yesterday morning.Love also said that while there is an appeals process, he did not think the Voith-Gadgil campaign would appeal the decision.“I haven’t seen any intent to appeal,” said Love. “We really try to make sure [we are] as fair as possible the first time...