the sound moves out and after about 10 feet, combines into one wavefront,” says John.

“When that arrives at the same instant, it makes ones big coherent ‘CLICK!’ on the dancefloor – we used to call this impulse timing or physical time alignment.”

The manufacture of the cabinets was all completed within deadline, thanks to a small company called PBS building them and their accompanying road cases. “The lacquer finish was barely dry when they arrived at the first gig in Manchester,” says John. “The system was never turned on and tested as a system – not even one stack – until maybe 40 hours before doors opened at MIF. We received the amplifiers in their shipping cartons from America, as we were setting up just days before those firstMaking Movies Moral

William Romanowski's 'Reforming Hollywood' sets the record straight on Protestant efforts to shape Hollywood's cultural influence.

Alissa Wilkinson/ July 31, 2012

Image: Photo by Prayitno / Flickr

Making Movies Moral

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Book Title

Reforming Hollywood: How American Protestants Fought for Freedom at the Movies

Author

William D. Romanowski

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Release Date

June 26, 2012

Pages

336

Price

$31.95

Here is the narrative we all think we know: Protestants, those dour entertainment-haters, have been the scourge of Hollywood throughout the history of film—boycotting and condemning whatever they deem inappropriate on the silver screen, and praising the occasional (and often poorly-made) film with positive religious themes that happens somehow to slip past the gatekeepers.

Of late, the narrative continues, some Protestants have moved toward "cultural engagement" and begun to recognize the validity of film as an art form. It will take much