Page 42 - Lunacy and the Age of Deception

The greatest amount of material broadcast over the television, projected onto the movie screen, or
displayed on a computer, has always been fiction. In many cases there is no deliberate fraud
involved, for the viewer is informed that what they are watching is fiction. There are many genres
of fictional entertainment, including Horror, Science Fiction, Drama, Romance, Action, Comedy,
Fantasy, Westerns, Musicals, etc.. Directors, cameramen, actors, staging, wardrobe, special effects,
and other personnel involved with the television and movie industries who can create the most
realistic productions are accorded the greatest honor and receive the most generous compensation.

The world rewards these individuals for their accomplishments in being skilled deceivers. The world
rewards those who demonstrate the greatest ability in making that which is false and illusory appear
as real. I am fully persuaded this will no longer be true once the kingdom of this world becomes the
kingdom of our Lord and Christ. This present world is dominated by, and in the power of, the great
deceiver. Consequently the world idolizes and rewards those who are deceivers. We live in a twisted
world where honor, fame, and riches are accorded to those who most exemplify the nature and
actions of Satan.

Consider the role of an actor. Their job is to skillfully and convincingly pretend to be someone they
are not and to exhibit qualities, emotions, and reasoning that is not their own. This is often described
as “getting into character.” Actors have to become very proficient in the art of deception. They have
to be able to exhibit anger on demand, or to shed tears of sorrow or grief. They have to be convincing
in their portrayal of romantic interaction with a person they hold no such feelings for, and may not
even like.

Richard Gere and Debra Winger - An Officer and a Gentleman

One of the most popular movies of 1982 was An Officer and a Gentleman starring Richard Gere and
Debra Winger. They were convincing enough as lovers that the movie which cost $7.5 million
dollars to make grossed $129 million dollars at the U.S. box office alone. It garnered another $55
million in rentals, and in the relatively small market of Sweden the movie was viewed more than one
million times while in theaters. It was the highest performing R rated movie of 1982 and the 3 rd
highest grossing of all movies for the year. Yet, in reality Gere and Winger did not even like one
another. According to Louis Gossett, Jr., another actor in the film, Debra Winger hated making the
movie and she described Richard Gere as a “brick wall,” and the movie’s director Taylor Hackford
as “an animal.”