Hollywood "Passionate"?

On the radio there's some talk of a new trend toward "religious themes" in Hollywood projects.

Fine.

There was a time when the religious community ruled the film industry in America. There were a lot of groovy flicks then, but also a lot of crap. Then the pendulum swung to a "godless" era when religion and faith (NOT the same things at all!) were ridiculed in film. Bad-guys were religious and good-guys had lots of uncommitted sex and shot bad-guys to death.

People who are uncomfortable with religion in real life have started making a stink about the "threat" of a return to prudish Hollywood production. People who are ridiculously enamored of religion are trumpeting the new awakening of faith in film.

I'm hoping that the "Passion" has simply shown Hollywood that making Judeo-Christian "friendly" films can be lucrative, and that will lead to greater DIVERSITY in what is made available to the public in entertainment. I want Hollywood to continue to make films like "Secretary" (with James Spader) ... and films lilke "Ben-Hur."

And there's ROOM for both!