Kirby Heyborne (Singles Ward, RM, The Best Two Years, Saints and Soldiers) recently acted in a commercial for U.S. Brewer Miller. In spite of the big freak out many members of the LDS church seem to be having, they forget he is an actor, he took a job and at the end of the day, that's his choice, not ours. He is trying to make a living, support his family and to provide other opportunities for him to get jobs that he actually would really like to play in the future. It is interesting that we often see an actor portraying a character in a movie as pretend, but in commercials, or advertisements, we see it as endorsements. So, in essence, it's easier for us to watch a guy like Kirby portray characters that are doing things against our beliefs rather than seeing them endorsing something. I'm not sure that they two things are all that different though. Kirby is acting in the commercial as much as he's acting when he takes that drag on that {herbal} cigarette in Saints and Soldiers. BUT it was his individual choice to choose both of those parts and his choice alone. When I am a professional and have job offers and opportunities come my way I may take them or I may not but based on who I am and what I feel is right for me and my family is up to me. Being in the mass media is a very public career and one must be prepared for exposer and opportunities that you know yo can deal with. It is up to our own code of ethics and integrity to choose which jobs to take. Kirby's beer commercial is just one example...How many members of the church work at casinos? Sell alcoholic drinks or cigarettes to people? Or farm barely and sell it to beer manufactures? I don't see everyone getting in an uproar about them. It is not for us to judge but for us to make our own valid decisions in our lives and career.
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