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Originally Posted by Willravel
Hahahaha... Jack Black plays a convincing Jesus Christ.
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If you really think that, then you have a misinformed view of who Jesus was, i.e. what his original message/purpose was, as presented in the New Testament. Jack Black is a slouch and a buffoon, and he plays just about every one of his characters that way, and Jesus was in no way presented as a slouch or a buffoon, in the New Testament. Thus, Jack Black as Jesus was not in any way "convincing", even if it was meant to be a lampoon.
I found that video to be insipid and sophomoric, especially considering the work experience (if not professional talent) of the actors/entertainers involved. And, mind you, I would've voted
against Proposition 8, if I was a California resident. (I firmly believe in the separation of church and state. And I think that if religion is taken out of the decision-making process, then there is no good reason why homosexuals should be disallowed legal marriages.)
Really, if the makers of that video wanted a personage to lampoon, to deliver that Biblical argument about homosexual acts and the eating of shellfish as both being an "abomination", then they should've used Moses instead of Jesus, since it's the Book of Leviticus (which is one of the five books of Moses, a.k.a. the Pentateuch) where that argument is taken from. Of course, nowadays in Hollywood, Jesus is far more a target for lampooning than Moses is.