Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Is Courage the right word?

This is a great post from Phil Cooke, a film maker, media consultant, writer and Christian from LA.

At this year's Golden Globe Awards, we couldn't escape hearing the word "courage" again and again. Hugh Jackman mentioned the "courage" it took to produce Les Miserables, one of the producers of Game Change praised HBO for being a "courageous" network and even Jodie Foster's speech was lauded as "courageous." Even CNN got into the game, noting the "courage" it took for the Hollywood Press Association to vote actress Lena Dunham winner for Girls. I'm a big movie and TV fan, and we all love a good awards show, but should we consider Sunday night's honorees examples of real courage?
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