This week, we are honored to be speaking with Dr. Her article Black Samson & White Women on the History Channel turned many heads with her criticism of The History Channel’s (along with Producers Mark Burnett and Roma Downey) casting choices. wouldn’t let her disappointment stay quiet. From the underwear model “perfection” of Adam and Eve, to the Scottish brogue of Noah and the Brad Pitt look-a-like chosen to play Jesus something didn’t gel. The one thing that didn’t seem to be discussed in depth was the obvious “Whitewashing” of all biblical characters. For a powerful illustration of this, see Queer Eye for the Straight Guy Season 2, Episode 1 June 15, 2018. After the first episode aired, we read many opinions on both sides. Wilda Gafney, Womanist Midrash: A Reintroduction to the Women of the Torah and the Throne (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2017), 21. Hoffman voicing their distain for the show. From Mega-Church Evangelicals like Rick Warren and Joel Osteen enthusiasm about the “power” of the show, to biblical scholars such as Dr. The History Channel‘s presentation of the miniseries “event” The Bible has sparked reactions of all kinds.
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