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In History's 'The Bible,' Satan Looks Like President Obama

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Coincidence, or not-so-subtle political commentary?

A major hit already, History Channel's 10-part miniseries The Bible is stirring up extra attention for its casting. The role of Satan, i.e. the bad guy, is played by the actor Mohamen Mehdi Ouazanni, who, thanks to makeup and other production tricks, bears a startling resemblance to President Barack Obama.

The resemblance was pointed out on Twitter while the show still aired on Sunday. Glenn Beck, the Christian conservative broadcaster who has called the series "one of the most important shows in decades," sent out a tweet with a screenshot. Beck, who refuses to use Obama's name, referred to the president as "That Guy."

Ouazanni has featured in several religious-themed programs before, including the TV movies David (1997); Jeremiah (1998, with Patrick Dempsey in the starring role); In the Beginning; and the Emmy-nominated The Ten Commandments (2006).

The producers of the series have yet to comment. The Bible is in part a collaboration between Mark Burnett and his wife, Roma Downey. Burnett has given to Democratic candidates, including Obama in 2008 and the DNC in 2009, while he also producesDonald Trump's Celebrity Apprentice and was behind Sarah Palin's first reality effort. Downey, while not publicly identifying with a party, is a devout Catholic who has spoken in public about her faith quite often. She starred in the TV series Touched By an Angel, and through LightWorkers Media, a religious production company behind The Bible, she produced the children's animated program Little Angels.

In the lead-up to The Bible's debut, Burnett and Downey went on a tour of several megachurches, including those of Joel Osteen and Rick Warren (who once gave an invocation at Obama's inauguration, but has since decried his policies). Burnett and Downey have also appeared on Beck's show. In addition, the pair penned an editorial for the Wall Street Journal calling for bible education in public schools.

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liberateourtime 18th-Mar-2013 02:44 pm (UTC)
lmao of course glenn beck would point it out
fromyourashes 18th-Mar-2013 02:44 pm (UTC)
Forget the Bible, where's the Vikings post? I have EMOTIONS to express.

mammary_glands 18th-Mar-2013 02:46 pm (UTC)
yasssssssss. i need a vikings post asap. lmao @ no one noticing that the little village kid was taken and never came back...
fromyourashes 18th-Mar-2013 02:47 pm (UTC)
I thought he was the kid they had digging his own grave? Who was that, then? Some random kid?
lizalily 18th-Mar-2013 02:48 pm (UTC)
my bro, who i got into Game of Thrones, keeps telling me to watch this.
hewontgo 18th-Mar-2013 03:50 pm (UTC)
your icon <3
Vikings is so good
mhfromnh 18th-Mar-2013 04:56 pm (UTC)
Vikings>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Bible. I am envious of Lagertha and the possibilty of having both a viking and a priest in the sack.
kaiserschmarrn 18th-Mar-2013 05:00 pm (UTC)
Right? I need a Vikings post. That show is becoming better and better (and I hope that there'll actually be a threesome at some point because Ragnar+Lagertha+Athelstan=OT3)!
the_tire_swing 18th-Mar-2013 05:08 pm (UTC)
That show is quite riveting.
puremorning2468 18th-Mar-2013 06:21 pm (UTC)
I love Vikings. Travis Fimmel is FINE.
mirandagirll 18th-Mar-2013 02:44 pm (UTC)
Oh

And people say the history channel doesn't have an agenda
la_magdalena 18th-Mar-2013 04:43 pm (UTC)
smh if people don't think it's White Entertainment Television. I swear the only non-Whites who show up are the Devil & aliens
mirandagirll 18th-Mar-2013 05:03 pm (UTC)
Now I know why all of the white people I know irl love this show

Smh
skeet_skeet 18th-Mar-2013 02:45 pm (UTC)
JFC
mammary_glands 18th-Mar-2013 02:45 pm (UTC)
'Glenn Beck, the Christian conservative broadcaster who has called the series "one of the most important shows in decades," sent out a tweet with a screenshot. Beck, who refuses to use Obama's name, referred to the president as "That Guy."'

this lack of respect really bothers me. at least call him barry, geez.
dearpencilpal 18th-Mar-2013 02:47 pm (UTC)
refuses to use his name? what? he's just so childish.
mammary_glands 18th-Mar-2013 02:49 pm (UTC)
that he refuses to refer to obama as anything other than 'that guy'
jessepinkman 18th-Mar-2013 03:01 pm (UTC)
what a queef omg
francesbcobain 18th-Mar-2013 03:20 pm (UTC)
lol he's such a child.
foxhound 18th-Mar-2013 03:29 pm (UTC)
Ugh, one of my republican coworkers calls him "that guy", too. It pisses me off.
age_of_green 18th-Mar-2013 03:47 pm (UTC)
My father does the same thing. Exactly when the president become He-Must-Not-Be-Named? I don't see any Dark Marks floating in the sky.
beatlesluv 18th-Mar-2013 03:54 pm (UTC)
What a piece of shit.
sevenbeat 18th-Mar-2013 04:18 pm (UTC)
he is such a fucking shithead
dnttllhrry 18th-Mar-2013 04:47 pm (UTC)
Yeah he is the worst, but he has said more terrible stuff than this.
the_tire_swing 18th-Mar-2013 05:11 pm (UTC)
i want to throw up
evett 18th-Mar-2013 05:51 pm (UTC)
ugh. if he doesn't want to use "Obama" then he should use Mr President or The President. You don't have to like him but you show some god damn respect.

Edited at 2013-03-18 05:51 pm (UTC)
lizalily 18th-Mar-2013 02:45 pm (UTC)
white people in the ancient middle east and the only poc is satan amirite?
pineandapple 18th-Mar-2013 02:48 pm (UTC)
but don't you know by now that Jesus was white?
buncha_cruncha 18th-Mar-2013 02:50 pm (UTC)
You didn't know that? And Jesus was a clean-cut white guy with a beard
sandstorm 18th-Mar-2013 02:53 pm (UTC)
and great hair.
vanishingbee 18th-Mar-2013 03:14 pm (UTC)
any poc who isn't a slave is clearly the devil, I mean that is just logic
it_has_been 18th-Mar-2013 03:30 pm (UTC)
smh @ history channel for this

bunch of fucking idiots
vivifromff9 18th-Mar-2013 03:51 pm (UTC)
don't forget the sodom section, where they cast 2 POC as angels and randomly had them blinding/slashing/smiting people (of course with the east asian guy slicing n dicing). though i guess they were on god's side but tbh i don't even know anymore, bc it hurts too much try to apply logic to this mess.
bellwetherr 18th-Mar-2013 03:53 pm (UTC)
lol mfte.
sevenbeat 18th-Mar-2013 04:19 pm (UTC)
well Jesus IS a white man with beautiful auburn locks
johnnyabatti 18th-Mar-2013 02:47 pm (UTC)
I feel like this is racist
sandstorm 18th-Mar-2013 02:47 pm (UTC)
...
editnoir 18th-Mar-2013 02:48 pm (UTC)
Uh, but he doesn't look like Obama.
dubiously 18th-Mar-2013 04:55 pm (UTC)
I don't see it either.
pink_dog 18th-Mar-2013 06:10 pm (UTC)
Oh come on. You know "they all look alike" in Beck's world.
lizalily 18th-Mar-2013 02:50 pm (UTC)

can we or can we not talk about jesus' eleanor calder hair
liberateourtime 18th-Mar-2013 02:52 pm (UTC)
lmao at this white jesus
fromyourashes 18th-Mar-2013 02:53 pm (UTC)
He looks like Brendan Fehr.
clairelittleton 18th-Mar-2013 03:15 pm (UTC)
screams. he does! i miss fehr's hair.
winegums 18th-Mar-2013 03:57 pm (UTC)
I can see it in the eyes but the rest of his features are too skinny tbh

/missing Roswell
evett 18th-Mar-2013 05:52 pm (UTC)
I thought that was him. oops
dearpencilpal 18th-Mar-2013 02:53 pm (UTC)
this is their jesus? they clearly lacked divine guidance in the casting department.
fromyourashes 18th-Mar-2013 02:56 pm (UTC)
Wait, why is there a hole in his hand?
the_pinkdress 18th-Mar-2013 02:57 pm (UTC)
i was like 'what why is there a hole in his hand?' then i was like, "... oh."
iprevail 18th-Mar-2013 02:58 pm (UTC)
lookin' like eddie vedder circa 1991 with some good-ass conditioner
jessepinkman 18th-Mar-2013 03:02 pm (UTC)
SCREAMING @ dis face omg.
francesbcobain 18th-Mar-2013 03:22 pm (UTC)
How you doin, Jesus?
billiejeanrip 18th-Mar-2013 03:28 pm (UTC)
Why is he white? lmao

Edited at 2013-03-18 03:28 pm (UTC)
bellwetherr 18th-Mar-2013 03:54 pm (UTC)
lol the hole in his fucking hand. it's so nice and clean.
karrixftw 18th-Mar-2013 04:28 pm (UTC)
cackling at "jesus' eleanor calder hair" oh my goddd
alienclit 18th-Mar-2013 04:56 pm (UTC)
Jesus was wall-eyed, not cross-eyed.
xevochic 18th-Mar-2013 05:10 pm (UTC)
lmfaoooooooooooo

Are White people serious? Like how fucking delusion can you be to HONESTLY think Jesus looked anything like that? Even fucking atheist know better.
mjspice 18th-Mar-2013 05:43 pm (UTC)


First thing that came to mind, sorry.
shanny_w 18th-Mar-2013 06:31 pm (UTC)
what a clean hole
sandstorm 18th-Mar-2013 02:50 pm (UTC)
& I'm guessing this show is taking liberties from the actual book.
punishermax 18th-Mar-2013 02:52 pm (UTC)
I bet the cut out the whole "daughters getting their dad drunk and fucking him" thing.
lizalily 18th-Mar-2013 02:54 pm (UTC)
that was the best part tbh
editnoir 18th-Mar-2013 02:58 pm (UTC)
Saaaaay whaaaaaaa

age_of_green 18th-Mar-2013 03:53 pm (UTC)
Yep.
loganx2 18th-Mar-2013 02:52 pm (UTC)
doesnt everyone take liberties from the actual book?
age_of_green 18th-Mar-2013 03:53 pm (UTC)
They cut tons of characters and events from the first part-Noah cursing the Canaanites, Moses' speech impediment and his wife, Jacob wrestling with God, the rape of Dinah, Joseph and his technicolor dreamcoat-there's probably more I'm not listing.

And everyone in the BC Israel/Palestine area has these fake British accents.

Needless to say I haven't watched the rest.
loganx2 18th-Mar-2013 02:52 pm (UTC)
I started to watch this but the acting was so bad I just couldnt. sorry God.
dearpencilpal 18th-Mar-2013 02:52 pm (UTC)
i haven't watched any of "the bible" yet, but i am curious. is it pretty much just the popular exciting stories (adam & eve, noah, jonah, david & goliath, the lion's den, jesus, etc) or are they including less well-known things, too?
electra_torch 18th-Mar-2013 03:08 pm (UTC)
They actually pretty much skipped Adam & Eve and Noah (you just get them in the introduction) and jumped straight to Abraham. They're basically just hitting the high points of most books though.
sketchypie 18th-Mar-2013 02:53 pm (UTC)
I'm going to go ahead and guess Jesus is white in this production?
sandstorm 18th-Mar-2013 02:54 pm (UTC)
That would be a safe guess.
turi 18th-Mar-2013 02:55 pm (UTC)
and played by Bradley Cooper
mammary_glands 18th-Mar-2013 03:01 pm (UTC)
i wonder if jewish children really had rad bowl cuts in 30 AD.
hisjulliet 18th-Mar-2013 04:59 pm (UTC)
lol
verystefunny 18th-Mar-2013 02:53 pm (UTC)
wow.... WOW.
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