Start Supporting Pornography or Stop Supporting “The Wolf of Wall Street”

After last year’s Video Music Awards, Christianity Today posted an article mourning over how Miley Cyrus gave in to the cultural idea that “in-your-face sexuality is the
easiest way to get attention.” Four months later, the magazine used a
different emotional tone when addressing Martin Scorsese’s film The Wolf of Wall Street, which revels in
depictions of explicit sexuality. The article states, “The Wolf of Wall Street
is a great and possibly terrific
movie.”
In another corner of cyberspace, Christ and Pop Cultureexamined the implications of Miley Cyrus spending “the majority of her 6 minutes on stage ‘twerking.’” The magazine summarized the sexualized spectacle as “exuberant, banal, nihilism.” Several months later, while examining Scorsese’s filmmaking and stylistic choices, this same magazine adamantly proposed that The Wolf of Wall Street was not only “redeemable,” but also “an incredibly moral film.” How can the Christian community disapprove of a young woman pretending to have se…
In another corner of cyberspace, Christ and Pop Cultureexamined the implications of Miley Cyrus spending “the majority of her 6 minutes on stage ‘twerking.’” The magazine summarized the sexualized spectacle as “exuberant, banal, nihilism.” Several months later, while examining Scorsese’s filmmaking and stylistic choices, this same magazine adamantly proposed that The Wolf of Wall Street was not only “redeemable,” but also “an incredibly moral film.” How can the Christian community disapprove of a young woman pretending to have se…