This is a Headgun Podcast.

As we all know, Christianity rocks and always has.

Unfortunately, representation of cool Christians in liberal secular media platforms has always

been lacking.

Aside from a reverend lovejoy here or a flying nun there, no one's had the nuts to bring

our underrepresented people group to the silver screen and finally give social justice

to white evangelicals that we deserve.

That is no one until Brian Dannelly in 2004.

Dannelly's movie, SAVE!

Always pronounced for the nextlamation point, follows Good Christian Girl Mary as she tries

to boink her boyfriend's gay away and becomes a future mother Mary in the process.

Following her through a private Christian school, the movie takes an eye to Christian high

school dynamics, the taboos of divorce, and a Christian version of the plastics, which

I think we just call small group leaders now, right?

There were some mixed messages and the publicity rollout of the film.

Producer and famous religion loser Michael Steip described the film as quote, like those

monster vampire high school kind of movies.

Only here the monsters are Jesus-freak teenagers.

Whereas co-writer Michael Urban insisted that the movie wasn't about Christian bashing,

but rather about saying that examining what you believe makes your belief stronger.

Dannelly also echoed the sentiment, claiming that he wanted to make a film for everyone,

been there buddy, good luck, including quote, that one kid in the audience who's confused

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