Monster storms, the scourge of the KKK, infidelity, tragic death, and redemption. Who isn't frightened of monster storms? Who doesn't feel rage at the injustice of blind hatred in the form of the KKK? Who fails to feel for a wife whose husband has cheated on her? Or a wife whose husband has died tragically young?
And who, seeing all this, isn't uplifted by the redemption of the transgressors (except the Klansmen, I suppose) and the almost literal resurrection of the dead? Or the cleansing of sin through love and forgiveness(faith)? Who would not weep?
Unfortunately I was too aware of the easy manipulations taking place on the screen to be really moved, feeling the author's heavy and not so subtle hand at work, grabbing at my emotional heartstrings. Maybe I'm being too cynical, but that's how I experienced it. I could hear the scriptwriter, (Benton) saying, "Okay, NOW, we're gonna get you with a big storm -- look! How scary!" "Oh, and now, the Klan makes and appearance, and you will foam with rage!" Ah, no. Too transparent.
Yes, Mrs. Spaulding overcame an inordinate number of obstacles to show the world that the human spirit is indomitable. Yeah. Don't care.
The acting was good.
And who, seeing all this, isn't uplifted by the redemption of the transgressors (except the Klansmen, I suppose) and the almost literal resurrection of the dead? Or the cleansing of sin through love and forgiveness(faith)? Who would not weep?
Unfortunately I was too aware of the easy manipulations taking place on the screen to be really moved, feeling the author's heavy and not so subtle hand at work, grabbing at my emotional heartstrings. Maybe I'm being too cynical, but that's how I experienced it. I could hear the scriptwriter, (Benton) saying, "Okay, NOW, we're gonna get you with a big storm -- look! How scary!" "Oh, and now, the Klan makes and appearance, and you will foam with rage!" Ah, no. Too transparent.
Yes, Mrs. Spaulding overcame an inordinate number of obstacles to show the world that the human spirit is indomitable. Yeah. Don't care.
The acting was good.