Re:Fans pour funding into ‘The Chosen’
by sircastor on Sunday December 05, 2021 @03:16PM
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I remember being 5 or 6, many years before I became Christian, seeing a depiction of Jesus hanging on the cross. It was grotesque, and fascinating in the “I don’t want to look, but I kind of do” way that is especially appealing to kids. I was shocked and dumbfounded that it was anything someone would have on their house.
Though the Crucifixion is part of Christ’s sacrifice, I continue to find it an odd thing to focus on, especially in the context of the resurrection.
Re:Fans pour funding into ‘The Chosen’
by EdwardDiego on Sunday December 05, 2021 @04:39AM
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It was interesting to me as someone who's been adjacent to, and by necessity somewhat versed in Christianity, for 20 years, but the need to make the audience sit through all 40 lashes, that felt very hardcore "if the Mass isn't in Latin, it doesn't count" Catholic to me.
I was mainly there for the Aramaic.
Re:Fans pour funding into ‘The Chosen’
by jollybean on Sunday December 05, 2021 @05:02AM
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As a Protestant, none of it made any sense to me at all on the level of Religion or Faith. It seemed like one of those big budget 'History Channel' re-enactments of an important moment, with a big focus on the violence, for what I can gather are reasons of ratings, and that's it. Without offending anyone who liked it, it seemed to almost offensive to me.
Re:Fans pour funding into ‘The Chosen’
by EdwardDiego on Sunday December 05, 2021 @05:45AM
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It had an obvious focus on the suffering of the Christ, then the victory. It's obviously Catholic derived.
If you've not had the experience, I strongly recommend attending a Stations of the Cross in a Catholic cathedral on a Good Friday if possible. You'll see what the movie is derived from far better, and the Catholics know how to put on a good show.
Re:Fans pour funding into ‘The Chosen’
by jollybean on Sunday December 05, 2021 @07:14AM
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Well I guess that's a show worth seeing then ...
Re:Fans pour funding into ‘The Chosen’
by EdwardDiego on Sunday December 05, 2021 @07:34AM
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I reckon so. It was interesting and well done. I suppose they've had a thousand plus years to practice though.
'The Passion of Christ' is a great example of something that can be truly emotive for some, but not for others. I found it barely interesting and frankly not sure how much it has to do with Christianity, or rather in a pedantic way. It was nice production design, neat to see 'what it would have looked like' and I'm actually sympathetic to why 'it's good in a way' ... but to me it's all kinds of besides the point.
Populism is perhaps more real in Faith than it is in politics, there are various lowest common denominators that can appeal to broad audiences and suck a lot of wind out of the situation.