A Series Review

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 I’ve been reading the Gospels because I’ve been bing watching The Chosen on Prime.  I like the portrayal of Jesus the best of all the various portrayals of Jesus I have seen.  I told my wife that I remember the artist Hook who did so many artist renderings of Jesus getting a lot of flak from conservative churches about a smiling and laughing Jesus.  This Jesus in The Chosen might be too human to many but I like this portrayal.

The chosen is more about the three year ministry of Jesus and His choosing of the twelve disciples.  But there are others in the group including Mary Magdalene and other women.  But this Jesus is not cold, but on the contrary is warm, smiling, and approachable.  Sometimes the accents are hard to understand so close captioning might help quite a bit.  

Perhaps Jesus’ association with Nicodemus the high priest might be overdone the essence of the story is there.  The Chosen takes some liberties as every portrayal of the human Christ does.  A melancholy Jesus just isn’t quite right.  Jesus knew His fate.  I’m sure at times it got to Him.  But if He lived each day as it came there was a lot to smile about.  

My Jesus would struggle with what was to come, but He knew too, in the end He would defeat Satan.  My Jesus had a lot to smile and laugh about.  He focused on the poor and suffering.  This portrayal is a lot like I want to think Jesus would have been.  It is just an interpretation of the Gospels on film.  

I told my wife last night I really like this Jesus and wondered what an actor does in life once he’s portrayed Jesus in film.  A lot of liberties are taken in TheChosen, but how do you transfer words into film?  These my thoughts this morning as I smoke my Alpha pipe with some Bayou Morning.  My coffee this morning is from Bella Maria.  Thank you for your time and Peace to each one of you.

Dave

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