Cinema explains American society. It's like a Western, with good guys and bad guys, where the weak don't have a place.
It is one of the truisms of politics that a conservative is often enough a former liberal who has been 'mugged by reality.'
I think the amazing thing about gospel music is that not only does it lift up the death and resurrection of our Lord, which is consistent with the Gospel, but it is uniquely communicated depending upon the generation.