Wrong, Right, and R-Rated: a special survey of critics on controversial cinematic content
Author’s Note: These articles were written several years ago, and abridged editions were published at Christianity Today. I explored these issues further in my book Through a Screen Darkly.
Wrong, Right and “R”-Rated:
Jeffrey Overstreet talks with critics and moviegoers about nudity, violence, and foul language in the movies. Are they ever appropriate? Or is it all pornography and gratuitous debauchery? What exactly IS a “Christian perspective” on such things?