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is a psychological thriller that asks the audience to wonder what it would be like if the second coming of Christ wasn’t just real but happeningby CNN. The show centers around an unnamed man who followers dub al-Masih, the Messiah . He’s a charismatic preacher who appears one day on the streets of Syria and rallies a group of refugees to travel to the Israeli border after maybe or maybe not performing a large-scale miracle.
and “God loves everyone” messaging. In this latest installation of the Christ mythos, God does seem to love everyone, but he’s also in the mood to rain down a plague or two.is an entertaining 10-episode journey that puts the onus of deciding the truth—whether al-Masih is the returned Messiah or an expert-
level con man—directly on the viewer. But the dialogue between characters often gets so weighed down by the trope of all religious people as radicals waiting to be activated that some episodes turn into a slog. The series can’t help but drown itself in imagery from the Ibrahimic texts. Names from the Torah, Bible, and Quran are sprinkled throughout the season like breadcrumbs in a holy scavenger hunt.
But rising above the scenes of spycraft and very tired depictions of Muslims as terrorists is a new, more honest look at the Jesus archetype. What would a 2020 Jesus look like? In, he wears Levi’s and an assortment of hoodies. He’s fluent in every tongue spoken to him. Unlike most other iterations of Jesus, he uses inclusive language. In one scene where al-Masih is explaining a plan involving soldiers, he refers to them as, “Every man. Every woman.
way that Jesus the religious figure is never allowed to be. This Jesus-adjacent character is just a boy. Standing in front of a multitude. Asking them to stop being assholes to each other.
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