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SON OF GOD – the movie.
The latest film about Jesus Christ has some bible thumpers spitting up their sacramental wine.
By now, you know the story. Wise men. Desert star. Born in a Manger. Virgin Mary. Teaching men to fish. Walking on water.
Son of God is the biblical tale of Jesus and his last days on Earth dying for our sins.
People who come to this movie are all ready converts. Christians who pay to see Jesus movies are not coming to the theater to get a radically different take on a story they know page by page.
Son of God stars different actors and has different cinematography, but a story about Jesus ends the same every time. So why does Hollywood tell this story over and over and over? Because men on Earth are greedy and Jesus is box office gold.
The Christian audience is a massive ATM and they want to watch a new version of an old message.
And since Jesus movies always begin and end the same way, this movie needed some pre-box office buzz.
Hmmmm?
How do we promote the greatest story ever told?
Well we could tell the audience there will be a surprise ending. That might pack the seats or they might burn down the theater like the hounds of hell.
Hey, here’s an idea.
Let’s cast the role of Jesus and let’s use a male model. Now every bible toting mamma who comes to the show is clutching her Rosary beads and and wondering if box office Jesus is wearing boxers or briefs.
It’s not like handsome actors playing Jesus is a new concept.
It would be news if Jesus was played by a bridge troll or Marilyn Manson.
But for some reason, Twitter is all abuzz about the latest Jesus being too handsome.
Jesus too handsome?
How can that be?
Doesn’t he shine with an ethereal light?
He’s Jesus for Christ’s sakes. Shouldn’t he have washboard abs?
He’s walking all the time and everyone is on the Adkins diet.
Why is Jesus fit? Cross-training.
GMA weekend show is all about the new bible movie. It’s graphics made me laugh: Is Jesus too hot? Is the message muffled?
Jesus too hot? & What message?
Mark Burnett is one of the producers of this sure fire hit.
Burnett is famous for his reality TV success with shows like Survivor.
The controversy? The new Jesus is a 34 year old Portugese actor named Diogo Morgado.
He’s a handsome devil of a Jesus to be sure.
But women are going gaga over him, calling him Hot.
Hot Jesus?
Seems blasphemous, doesn’t it?
Oprah is calling him Hot Jesus. Twitter is tweeting about Hot Jesus.
The reporter on GMA called Jesus Gorgeous, ripped, attractive. Not exactly journalistically sound words to describe the movie messiah.
Sunday school was never like this she says.
Hot Jesus.
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