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Deal or No Deal?

by Greg Asimakoupoulos

Posted: March 21, 2010

Questions dealing with Hollywood's drug pandemic…

Another child actor dead
and all because of drugs.
What happens there in Hollywood?
Are kids turned on by thugs?

Does all that fame and instant wealth
create a thirst for more?
Once scenes are shot and in the can,
who helps young actors score?

Who gives them pot and cocaine and speed
in hopes they soon will buy?
The very ones who feel no grief
when these young actors die?

Who deals and sells to those at risk?
A doctor? Parent? Friend?
Do they not know they're liable
for causing lives to end?

Who cares enough to find a cure
to this pandemic curse?
Will we just blindly close our eyes
and let it become worse?

Or will we close our eyes in prayer
for Mastermedia
and other faith-based outreaches
who woo actors to God?

Mastermedia International is an interdenominational ministry to actors, directors and producers in Hollywood. Check out their website at http://www.mastermediaintl.org/



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Posted: March 21, 2010

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