That's very true. However, I'm not concerned that people are exposed to other interpretations. That's a healthy and normal thing. One of my concerns about this TV series (among others) is that it will become their only or primary interpretation of Jesus and the Gospel. To be honest, many, many people will watch this show and will have it imprinted on their minds as the standard on which to perceive the actual Bible--if they ever get around to reading it. That's simply how powerful the visual entertainment medium of television is and how disinclined people are today to to the hard work of actually cracking open a book. I already have heard from people when discussing some scene in the Bible, say things like "Yeah, but in 'The Chosen...'" as if it were some kind of standard to measure the actual Gospel against.
In short, I don't worry so much about so much about people who are already grounded in the Scriptures, but the forming of first impressions of those who are not.
Hmmm. I’ll have to mull that over. You make some good points.
Thank you for expressing what I was thinking as well.
To the uninitiated, the fiction can become the “reality” through which all other things are filtered.
As an example, ask anyone at random: “What object did Eve give to Adam in the Garden of Eden?”
Don’t give them any hint or pre-warn them.
Watch what comes out of their mouths as “the answer”.