Today we face a serious bout of historical amnesia, be it in the collective sense or as individuals. We all desperately need some connection to the past. Films like Holiday Inn give us an opportunity to become custodians of Americana.
Tag: Christmas
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Answering Pop Music’s Malaise this Christmas
A culture is characterized by its public rites. Western culture today shows itself most clearly in popular song and what we hear is in need of an antidote.
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Jill Biden’s Vapid Christmas
Unlike the original Nutcracker Suite, which is a Christmas story of good triumphing over the evil of narcissism, the only moral to First Lady Jill Biden’s recently released Christmas video is the triumph of narcissism.
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The Creation of an American Everyman
Frank Capra’s film, Meet John Doe, makes clear—especially as Christmas Day approaches—that man is not the measure of all things. It is only when God’s wisdom is the foundation of man’s being and existence that we can live authentically in both words and deeds.