C-List homophobe Candace Cameron Bure hopes new gay-denying film gets viewers to “turn to Jesus”
Jesus Revolution, which RogerEbert.com has given a measured, well-considered two-star rating.As opposed to Ebert’s site, Bure has total confidence in the film.
She recently reposted the trailer to Instagram, saying that it could be the evangelical push audiences need to “turn to Jesus”.We have doubts:A post shared by Candace Cameron Bure (@candacecbure)Christianity is in no way exclusive from queer identity if you’re doing it right, but as we’ve observed through her “traditional marriage” comments (not to mention her slamming a man for contracting HIV), we have to assume her brand of Christian isn’t rolling with the LGBT.The movie she’s repping is entirely free of LGBTQ+ presence—on screen, anyway.
This is curious, as one of the film’s most prominent characters, Lonnie Frisbee, was well-known to be gay in real life. Like, the “open secret“, “denied by other Christians for it” kind of Christian gay.“She basically said, ‘Do you take responsibility for getting HIV because you were living a promiscuous lifestyle?'”His sexuality is totally inextricable from his life story all the way to the end, as he passed away due to AIDS-related complications in the early ’90s.
Jesus Revolution wasn’t feeling that vibe, we guess. Maybe that’s why faith-based publication Religion Unplugged refers to the film as “too dishonest to inspire a true vision.”Even through it’s covering up of facts, glossing over events, and occasional total fabrications, Bure has total confidence that the film will be “used for His glory.” In reality, the King of all Kings can probably do a little better than this two-star production.Even with Kelsey Grammar in the cast (somehow a late-production replacement for Jim Gaffigan?), this film might have trouble going.
