On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 9:19 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > I was surprised by all of the Deadwood analogies in Kevin’s review, but > then noticed in episode 2 the reference to those goddamn “Cocksuckers from > Samaria”... >
If I produced SNL, this is the sort of sketch I would want to see on air I know there are other TV shows based on characters from history, but Deadwood will always resonate with me. In terms of budget and production value, I say The Chosen is closer to F Troop. It would not surprise me to see Larry Storch as Pilate. > One sector of my FB friends feed has been flooded by pious references to > how fabulous this series is, many from the relatively more self aware > explicitly noting how much better it is than “Left Behind”. It is almost > impossible for the second claim not to be true, and also almost impossible > for the first claim to be true. > I’d love to see MST3k riff either version of Left Behind > I’m surprised at the characterization of Matthew as Autistic; the Gospel > that bears his name is usually seen as aimed at potential followers of > Jesus who still highly valued Jewish tradition. Mark is the more sparse, > cryptic account, focusing on action - though of course there is really no > basis for thinking of any of these apocryphal authors as Autistic. > Ultimately, it’s a claim that can’t be disproven, which allows them to get away with it, and while people’s reaction to Matthew is played for laughs, his autism itself is not handled disrespectfully. > On Tue, 27 Apr 2021 at 8:31 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > >> This series is trending now, even though the first season was released a >> couple years ago. The last time I found a piece of family friendly >> television that wasn’t overly patronizing was “7th Heaven”, but due to >> information leaked from a supposedly confidential therapy session which >> axed Stephen Collins’ career, that show is buried almost as deep as “The >> Cosby Show”. So when my wife suggested we give “The Chosen” a try, I >> agreed. >> >> The series tells the story of the lives of those who followed Jesus. It >> was bankrolled (they say crowdfunded, but there’s not much evidence of >> that) by the son of the author of the horrible “Left Behind” series of >> books, which became a horrible Kirk Cameron movie followed by a horrible >> Nic Cage movie. The whole series is basically shot in the guy’s backyard in >> Texas, where one building is constantly and embarrassingly redressed to >> look like a bunch of different buildings. Actors who don’t already have >> natural accents attempt accents which are a cross between Apu on The >> Simpsons and Count Von Count from Sesame Street. >> >> The best and perhaps most well known actor on the show is Erick Avari, >> who has been in basically every movie and TV show ever made. He plays >> Nicodemus, a rabbi mentioned in the Bible. >> >> Just as “Deadwood” took great liberties with the characters populated in >> the small gold mining camp, so too has “The Chosen” added/made up much >> about the followers of Jesus. The Bible was far from a history textbook >> anyway, but even given that, there are a lot of embellishments in the show. >> Matthew is autistic in the TV series; a Google search revealed an interview >> with one of the writers who justified that by stating Matthew’s gospel >> contained an almost Rain Man degree of specificity compared to the other >> gospels. The roles of women are advanced (frankly are modernized) in ways >> which one would be hard pressed to find any Biblical basis for. >> >> The free app needed to view it (you can buy episodes on iTunes and >> YouTube) is riddled with bugs and glitches, despite having been around for >> a couple years. The production company is the same one that tried to >> release media they didn’t own which they had re-edited to make safe for >> children, and they went bankrupt dealing with the inevitable lawsuits, so >> don’t expect the app to get any better. >> >> The series isn’t bad, and it isn’t good. It isn’t going to convert >> anybody, but I don’t think that was the point of it. They sometimes succeed >> in making people from the Bible less intangible and more relatable... and >> they sometimes fail. Again, as in Deadwood, they strived for historic >> accuracy, but occasionally sacrificed that ambition to further the story. >> It’s nothing I alone would choose to watch, but I didn’t consider it wasted >> time the way I have with other shows I’ve watched with my wife (looking at >> you, Bridgerton... and Cobra Kai). It’s ok family friendly fare, but it’s >> nothing to write home about. But I’ll write about it here. >> -- >> Kevin M. 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