Why Candace Cameron Bure Kept it Kind on THE VIEW
By Movieguide® Contributor
Candace Cameron Bure and filmmaker Andrew Erwin recently talked about the importance of kindness, no matter the situation.
Erwin asked Bure “What does that phrase ‘Be kind’ mean to you and where does that kindness come from? What where did that become such an important value to you?”
Bure responded, “It became really important to me when I was co-hosting THE VIEW because I learned firsthand how do I model kindness, particularly with people who don’t agree with me.”
Bure co-hosted THE VIEW from 2015-2016 and was the conservative voice on the show, putting her in disagreement with more liberal members of the show.
She continued, “I’ve tried to say, ‘How can I communicate effectively with what I believe and kind of stick to my guns but be respectful and ultimately be kind?’ It doesn’t mean that I have to be agreeable to be kind. And I don’t have to think the same way to be kind, but there’s ways in which I can still talk and get my point across and, you know, that’s just what kind of open civil conversation and dialogue is.”
Bure previously said that THE VIEW “was one of the easiest places for me to share my faith.”
She told Erwin that there’s a weight that comes with being a Christian and wanting to represent Christ well.
“There were many days where it felt hostile on air,” she added of her time on the show. “I wouldn’t say it was hostile behind the scenes…but in the moment, it got charged. So when you also have the spotlight on you and millions of people are watching you too, it’s kind of like how do I best represent a Christian in this? How do I represent God in this, but how do I want the Christian to be perceived because that’s who I am?”
The two also discussed how kindness is displayed in the movie WONDER.
The movie follows “Auggie Pullman, a smart, witty young boy with a facial deformity who’s entering school for the first time after being homeschooled by his mother.”
“Words just have power,” Erwin said of how Auggie faces the challenges that come with his deformity.
Candace chimed in with another lesson: “Auggie in the movie when he was starting to make friends, his friends were like, ‘I really like him because he’s actually nicer than some of the other kids, and he’s really funny. He might look different than me, but like I just like being around him because he’s a great person.'”
“One of the other things that I think is really a powerful gift of kindness is the opportunity to reach out to people that are different than you and be a witness,” Erwin added.
He recently executive produced a sequel to WONDER called WHITE BIRD, which released last week. Part of Movieguide®’s review reads:
WHITE BIRD acts as both a prequel and sequel to the 2014 movie WONDER. Julian, the boy who bullied Auggie Pullman in WONDER, is expelled from school. While attending a new school, Julian’s grandmother finally tells her grandson about her life story. She tells Julian how she escaped Hitler’s National Socialist monsters in Nazi-occupied France. The grandmother recalls the exceptional kindness of a boy and his mother as they shelter her from the Nazis.
WHITE BIRD is extremely well-told. It chooses subtlety over unnecessary violence or gore. In a wonderful balance, the movie manages to leave no doubt as to the nature of evil without showing extreme violence. WHITE BIRD has touching performances from all of the lead actors, especially Helen Mirren as Grandmère. It also has many wonderful moments reminding viewers to follow Jesus Christ’s command to “love your enemies” and show kindness to those we see as different. WHITE BIRD is a heartfelt experience for the whole family. It stresses the need for love, compassion, kindness, and forgiveness. However, some heavier themes of war, require some parental discernment for younger children.
