1.09.2009

Borat's Black Jesus

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"Why did Jesus go 'round with all them reindeers?"
(Ali G)

In yet another installment to a growing body of non-canonical Jesus images, Sasha Baron Cohen has a Black Jesus in store for American audiences.

From the The Sun (yes, The Sun):

"The gay fashion correspondent from Austria, played by Sacha looks set to infuriate religious groups with one of the key characters a black model called Jesus who wears a loincloth and a crown of thorns. Test audiences in the US have seen an early edit and the more religious members at the screenings failed to see the funny side."

I can't imagine this being more left-field than Black Jesus, but I can already gather what sort of response this is going to get should it make the final cut. Personally, I am ready to see what Cohen has to say about Jesus beyond what we can glean from this highly informative clip:


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