Justavoice wrote:
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Now let me tell you where I switched off in the movie.. Yes the argument Jesus was not dark enough, but I was prepared to overlook that and watch the film. However when I saw how light the Ethiopian man who bare the cross with Christ was, then the Roman turning to the Ethiopian and saying Jew. Anyone that did not understand what had happened that moment, who does not have knowledge of the bible would believe another Israelite was helping Jesus carry the cross.
Holly Wood would not even allow the Ethiopian to be a black man, because the image it would present would cause us to ask questions. Did the man that shouldered the burden through the streets along with Jesus, carried the cross alongside the Son of the Living God, took it to the hill of Golgotha, was this a black man ? What was the interaction really at this point tbetween the man Jesus and the Ethiopian ?.
I was disgusted at the movie, a friend with me, could not believe either that this was the Ethiopian, saying he seemed more Latino.
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justavoice: firstly can I say that you wrote a first class review of the film thank you... however a question on the issue of the Ethopian....Are you saying that colour depiction/imagery does matter..if so why..?
If the idea is to tell the story of jesus's suffering for mankind..does it matter whether Hollywood depicts the Ethopian as Black, Latino or White..?