· Do Pastors and faith leaders need to own their political ideology to lead their flocks, or should they check their party preferences at the door?
And in Courage or Cringe: Amanda Gorman Lost in Translation? Pepe Le Pew... Le cancelled? Coming to America 2, not coming to Paramount+.
· Should black artists only be interpreted by other black people because of their unique shared experience, or is assigning work on any level due to race just another name for racism?
· Can actors demand editorial control over projects if their requests accord with popular political opinions, or are editorial decisions always best left unencumbered?
· And finally, was Paramount+’s decision to sell the Coming to America sequel to their competitor evidence of short-sighted economic reasoning… or racial insensitivity...
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Deep Dive:
The continued Trump Effect on Evangelical Christianshttps://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/10/us/beth-moore-southern-baptists.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/10/us/beth-moore-southern-baptists.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage)
https://www.businessinsider.com/pastors-quit-after-qanon-radicalize-congregation-2021-3 (https://www.businessinsider.com/pastors-quit-after-qanon-radicalize-congregation-2021-3)
Courage or Cringe:
“The hill we climb”: When translating a poem stops being about just translating a poem.https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/amanda-gorman-catalan-translation-scli-intl/index.html?utm_term=link&utm_source=fbCNN&utm_medium=social&utm_content=2021-03-12T18%3A15%3A16&fbclid=IwAR2iCmijD8QmpHZ6aIP2XPV3VvZ04fUJbFlMoCFvcxZRBUqU5JuW3EOnWVQ (https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/amanda-gorman-catalan-translation-scli-intl/index.html?utm_term=link&utm_source=fbCNN&utm_medium=social&utm_content=2021-03-12T18%3A15%3A16&fbclid=IwAR2iCmijD8QmpHZ6aIP2XPV3VvZ04fUJbFlMoCFvcxZRBUqU5JuW3EOnWVQ)
Cancelling Pepe Le Pew: Can cut scenes really be demanded by actors who don't agree?
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-03-11/space-jam-sequel-pepe-le-pew-greice-santo-footage-reward (https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-03-11/space-jam-sequel-pepe-le-pew-greice-santo-footage-reward)
Why Coming 2 America didn’t come to Paramount+“Coming 2 America," a sequel to the 1988 comedy premiered on Amazon Prime Video on March 5.
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