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Prayers for Bobby (2009)
IMDB rating: 8.40
Plot: In “Prayers for Bobby,” Mary Griffith is a devout Christian who raises her children with the conservative teachings of the Presbyterian Church. However, when her son Bobby confides to his older brother he may be gay, life changes for the entire family after Mary learns about his secret. While Bobby’s father and siblings slowly come to terms with his homosexuality, Mary believes God can cure him of what she considers his ’sin’ and persuades Bobby to pray harder and seek solace in church activities in hopes of changing him. Desperate for his mother’s approval, Bobby does what is asked of him, but through it all, the church’s apparent disapproval of homosexuality causes him to grow increasingly withdrawn and depressed. Guilty over the pain he is causing Mary, Bobby moves away, yet hopes that some day his mother will accept him. His subsequent depression and self-loathing intensifies as he blames himself for not being the ‘perfect’ son and is driven to suicide. Faced with their tragedy, Mary begins to question her faith when she receives no answers from her pastor concerning her devastating loss. Through her long and emotional journey, Mary slowly reaches out to the gay community and discovers unexpected support from a very unlikely source. The film is based on the 1995 Leroy Aarons book of the same name.
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Directors: Mulcahy Russell
Actors: Czerny Henry,Kelley Ryan,Butler Dan,Nichols Austin,Bailey Scott,Bardha Ele,Brown David G.B.,Budziszewski Dennis,Bufalini Marty,Biography,Drama,
In light of Umaga's passing, isn't this freakishly ironic?
Mr. Kennedy wrestled both Eddie Guerrero and Umaga in their final matches. They were both called Eddie and each of them came from big, well-respected wrestling families.
I’m not going to hop onto the bandwagon. I wasn’t the biggest fan of Umaga. However, I will admit this. He was a fantastic wrestler for a guy of his size. A very agile athlete. He had some great matches with guys like Jeff Hardy and John Cena. Heck, I even enjoyed his match with CM Punk at this year’s Judgment Day. He was a fantastic performer and I’m baffled at why ROH or TNA (for the second time) didn’t secure his services quicker.
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Here’s my account of what happened in the hours leading up to Eddie Fatu’s death:
I logged onto the Internet and immediately, as I always do, checked LordsofPain. When I saw the headline "Umaga Hospitalized & In Very Serious Condition", I didn’t think much of it. I thought it maybe had something to do with weight issues or something like that and I just carried on surfing the ‘net. After about twenty minutes, I went back and checked again.
"Umaga Update: Wrestlers React To His Hospitalization & Health Condition". Mr. Kennedy tweeted; "Say a prayer for my boy Umaga". Bobby Lashley was already implying that Umaga had passed and D’Angelo Dinero (Elijah Burke) tweeted too, saying that he wouldn’t speak until the family released a statement. I was starting to get worried. I was just confused. I logged onto the YWWA Chat and spoke to a couple of people about it. Some hadn’t heard, some had heard and some were just disrespectful and didn’t even acknowledge me. That pissed me off. I logged out and checked for another update on the situation. Still nothing. Because I live in a diffrendifferentone to Texas, unfortuunfortunately to go to sleep.
Before I went to bed, I said a prayer for Umaga. I prayed to God that he’d pull through and just pleaded that God would keep him alive. Umaga was brain-dead for sure. But being brain-dead, was better than being dead and buried. I prayed for about ten minutes and then reluctantly went to sleep.
I woke up very early. Around 8AM. I found my Dad awake. I rushed upstairs and found the Internet already connected. I quickly opened up Firefox but before I opened up LordsofPain, I hesitated for a second. I felt a shiver go down my spine and then took a deep breath and clicked on it. I shook.
Edward ‘Umaga’ Fatu Passes Away At 36, it read. I felt my cheeks burning up, my legs go cold and a lump forming in my throat. I researched a little bit and came across a few articles. I found pictures of Umaga’s last match, some wrestlers remembering Eddie Fatu and the statement released by the Anoai family. It was just so emotional. And then when I logged onto YouTube and found an Umaga tribute accompanied by the song Here Without You, I just cried and cried.
There’s my story. What about yours? It can be long or short. Just mention your story, tell me what you think about the ironic fact, leave a message for Umaga and you’ll be in the running for Best Answer.
I only found out myself a matter of hours ago. I was out last night and ended up staying at a friend’s house, so I didn’t check any sites like LordsofPain, Wrestlezone etc.. I woke up this morning and logged on to WWE.com to check the results of this week’s Smackdown, having missed it last night. I wasn’t prepared for what I was about to see though, and I was completely stunned when I read the article about Umaga’s tragic passing. The world has lost another wrestling great, and he will be remembered for years to come. To answer the other part of your question, I find the fact that Kennedy wrestled both Umaga and Eddie Guerrero in their final matches no more than a coincidence. It is quite freaky, but nothing more.
R.I.P Eddie "Umaga" Fatu.
| Dec 05, 2009
I was very shocked by this news yesterday.Had to check several sites myself,just to make sure it was true.Only the good die young ! R.I.P. Umaga,you will be missed.
sobeit | Dec 05, 2009
rip umaga
CHRISTIAN IS THE BEST | Dec 05, 2009
I only found out today and when I went on WWE.com I thought Umaga returned and I was happy but when I found out he died I got sad and that ruined my day.
P.S It was CM Punk who Umaga wrestled in his last match not Mr Kennedy and CM Punk cashed in his Money In The Bank contract later that day at Extreme Rules any Mr Kennedy left WWE before Umaga wrestled his last match.
Umaga was unstoppable.
The Unstoppable Force Umaga Fan | Dec 05, 2009
i was one of the only umaga fans around here at the time he got released. people called me a weirdo for missing him. but now everyone is on the bandwagon and is rooting for him.
umaga was an awesome wrestler for his size. and a great performer.
R.I.P Eddie Fatu!
Ci@r@ – R.I.P Eddie Fatu | Dec 05, 2009
i found out two minutes ago and the top researches were umagas
bulls2010 | Dec 05, 2009
no your wrong umaga faced cm punk in his last match not mr kennedy because umaga last match was after the bash and mr kennedy was released by wwe in early june or around that time or he didn’t even come back yet
Wazzz good | Dec 05, 2009
man i was on the net like all day too (just like when micheal jackson died) and thought it was bs and stayed on my computer for 13 hours
i thought the same the thing but i did not see him wrestling on the hogan tour but but too he lose hoth matches too
swabby816 | Dec 05, 2009
No actually he is right. CM Punk did wrestle Umaga in his last (WWE Match) but he is talking his very last match. Umaga Vs Ken Kennedy (Anderson) On the Hulkamania Tour in Australia. I do find that a bit ironic. Another thing that is ironic is, both died of a Heart Attack. only Diffrence is eddie (Guerrero) had been clean for 3 years prior to his death which in result of his death (due to using drugs for so long before.) R.I.P to both of them and we surely will miss them.
Alicia
wrestlingfanatic | Dec 06, 2009
