Television
fromThe New Yorker
4 days agoHollywood Comes to Jesus
The Chosen portrays Jesus with humor, builds large fan-driven funding, and uses immersive sets and conventions to sustain a faith-based filmmaking subculture.
For years, Karla Cameron, a retired Dr Pepper executive in Georgia, taught Bible-study classes to teen-agers, a task that became more challenging during the COVID-19 pandemic. She wanted to show videos to her students, but most of the Biblical movies she found had cheesy writing, bad acting, and costumes with visible zippers. One day, she learned about a new television program that told the story of Jesus and his disciples. It was called "The Chosen," and blog posts praised the show for its authenticity and its humanity.