Is the Harry Potter series an allegory about the rise of Islamofacism and the failure of the West's Left to fully grasp the danger? Could be, says FamilySecurityMatters.org Contributing Editor Nancy Salvato.
It is utterly fascinating how a traditionally anti-war left-leaning movie industry can release such incredibly produced, blockbuster "good vs. evil" fantasy epics – such as Lord of the Rings and the Harry Potter series – yet demonstrates complete denial about how these hit movies actually mimic the world around us.
I suspect just as Tolkien never acknowledged at the time of writing his trilogy that it was an allegory for WWI – he couldn’t help but be subliminally influenced by events around him – the left-leaning movie industry can only accept the reality of what is happening in the world today if it is couched in make believe settings where there they can take a stand without acknowledging that their comfortable lifestyle comes courtesy of the good guys, the ones willing to fight (as brutal as need be) for their freedom.
This sort of Hollywood mentality is epitomized by an exchange between Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men, when Cruise’s character demands the truth and Jack Nicholson responds, “You can’t handle the truth!”
Most of the anti-war/anti-Bush proselytizers’ prefer not to face facts and instead create a half-fictionalized version of a world where they don’t have to actually acknowledge that their own excrement might stink, that purchasing carbon credits won’t really alleviate their carbon footprint on the earth, and that if they lived under Sharia Law, the rest of us wouldn’t be subjected to hearing about their irresponsible escapades in the news. But I digress...After observing the rise of the Dark Lord in the latest movie Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, it takes little effort to notice real life parallels in our world today.
Warning: multiple spoilers ahead if you haven't read the book or seen the movie. But it's a really good read.
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