Culture Clash: Madonna vs. 'Fireproof'

NewsBusters - USA - The tabloids and celebrity entertainment programs were ablaze with the latest news that Madonna and her British movie director husband Guy Ritchie were getting divorced after eight years of marriage. Since this was Madonna, the commercial timing of this second mangled marriage was excellent, in time to promote her latest concert tour and her debut at directing a movie, titled "Filth and Wisdom," about a rock singer working as a cross-dressing dominatrix.

But if Madonna really wanted to save her marriage, she could have seen the movie "Fireproof," the new movie starring Kirk Cameron as a firefighter who tries to save his marriage by getting rid of his selfishness and recognizing his need for Jesus. This might not seem like Madonna’s kind of popcorn movie, but it sells an absolutely revolutionary message: that love is not merely a feeling, some giggles and a good time, but a choice a person makes, a set of actions a person takes, to love someone regardless of how much they are rewarded in return.