"Fridge"

The short film "Fridge" is not far from terrifying. Some neighborhood thugs are messing around and trap a young boy in a refrigerator, to the point where he cannot break free and no one can open the fridge. Two bystanders spend the entire day trying to break the boy free, and are not able to succeed until the young man who initially trapped him in there returns and assists in prying the fridge open. The young boy is safe and well, and all returns to normal in the tiny Scottish slum.

The part about "Fridge" that is deeply disturbing is not the cruel teenager, the claustrophobic refrigerator or the unkempt, violent homeless man sleeping on the sidewalk. Rather, it is the fact that no one else would help the two bystanders, Rudy and Alice, in retrieving the boy from the fridge. Rudy pounded on the doors of several local tenants, all of whom turned their backs on the people who needed their help. One man even let his vicious dog out when Rudy knocked on the door, causing Rudy to stumble down the stoop and away to his own safety. When people heard Rudy and Alice screaming for help they shut their windows, locked their doors, and turned a blind eye on the less fortunate. 

While this story is definitely supposed to parallel the Good Samaritan parable, I believe that is also parallels how many Christians deal with those on the outskirts of society today. While Jesus was  person of love and compassion who spent his precious time with tax collectors, prostitutes and lowly fishermen, Christians today try to exclude people who are on the margins. People of color, people of the LGBTQ+ community, and people who are in general less fortunate than the Christians around them are often overlooked at the very least, and likely treated poorly. I think that the teenager helping rescue the young boy from the fridge sets an example that the people who cause problems can also be the final hand necessary in resolving them.