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01/23/2006
Mart Green Says He Would Hire Allen Again Even If He Knew About His Activism Jan. 23 /Christian Newswire/ -- On Friday, January 13th,
I wrote an article on my blog at
www.sharperiron. org detailing my concerns about the decision by
Every Tribe Entertainment to cast an activist for the gay agenda in a
leading role in the movie, "The End of the Spear." I also asked pastors who
were equally concerned to add their name to a letter that I was sending to
Mart Green, the CEO of ETE. The letter expressed disappointment over the
decision and asked them to somehow rectify the situation. I sent the letter
on Wednesday, January 18th, with the names of over one On Friday I received a call from Mart Green and Jim Hanon, the director of the film. We had a cordial conversation. I brought up my concerns with the movie over the casting of a gay activist. The popular explanation believed by many is that they had no prior knowledge of Allen's activism before it was too late to make a change. Yet, they would do it all again even with prior knowledge of Allen’s activist agenda. I asked the question to Mart, "If you knew before the casting process began what you know now, would you still have hired Chad Allen?" I rephrased it just so they knew what I was getting at. "If you were to do another movie just like "The End of the Spear" and you were fully aware of Allen’s activism, would you hire him?" Mart responded that he would like both Jim Hanon and himself to answer the question. Jim Hanon said, "Yes." And then I heard him say something like "We are going to open up the door to anyone who wants to act unlike you, Jason, who wants to be exclusive." I asked Mart Green what he would do. He responded, "I would stand behind my director." I told him that I believed he would lose the support of much of the evangelical community if they knew this. He disagreed. He mentioned that Jerry Falwell and Ted Haggard are behind the movie, as well as many others. I mentioned this conversation to the man who called me from the pro-family organization. His words summed up my thoughts, "That’s not good." Original article:
http://www.sharperiron.org/showthread.php ?t=2244
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