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Jesus series ‘The Chosen’ gets miracle waiver amid SAG strike
New York Post ^ | July 17, 2023 | Erin Keller

Posted on 07/18/2023 6:36:50 PM PDT by deks

Fans of the historical drama “The Chosen” are rejoicing. The series has been granted a waiver from SAG-AFTRA to continue filming amid the ongoing strike.

This means the Jesus of Nazareth series only missed a day or two of filming, Deadline reported. The cast includes several SAG members, including Jonathan Roumie, who plays Jesus.

The series is the first known TV show to be granted an exemption from the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, which counts some of Hollywood’s biggest stars among its many members.

On Saturday, “The Chosen” creator Dallas Jenkins took to Instagram to plead with SAG for an exemption.

“We’ve submitted all the requested paperwork immediately. We fit all qualifications for an exemption. Every day that goes by without your response costs us hundreds of thousands of dollars while your actors are stuck in Utah. We’re the good guys. We’ve treated your actors well,” he wrote.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: screenactorsguild; strike; thechosen; waiver
It's the only production with union actors that is currently filming in the United States.
1 posted on 07/18/2023 6:36:50 PM PDT by deks
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To: deks

It’s because the gays have a beachhead in the production and we wouldn’t want to stop the abasement of Christianity, would we?


2 posted on 07/18/2023 6:44:10 PM PDT by BereanBrain
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To: deks

How about that.


3 posted on 07/18/2023 6:50:04 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: deks

Dont care

Not watching any of the bilge pumped out of that place anymore.


4 posted on 07/18/2023 6:51:33 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: BereanBrain
Your mean-spirited assertion aside, here is Dallas Jenkins' statement about the rainbow flag on a crewmembers's personal camera.
5 posted on 07/18/2023 6:56:56 PM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (“It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many the net was not torn. ” John 21:11)
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To: deks

It’s a writers strike. Hasn’t the gospel already been written. They are just tweaking it for tv.


6 posted on 07/18/2023 7:03:08 PM PDT by kvanbrunt2
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To: kvanbrunt2

Exactly.


7 posted on 07/18/2023 7:13:36 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Hebrews 11:6

You mean the guy who joked about YESHUA winking at Joseph Smith?


8 posted on 07/18/2023 7:26:32 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! AMERICA FIRST! DEATH TO MARXISM AND GLOBALISM! )
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To: Hebrews 11:6
‘The Chosen’ Director Says Jesus Transfiguration Not Important: ‘What Purpose Would it Serve our Story?’>


9 posted on 07/18/2023 7:38:37 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: cowboyusa

It was worse than that. See above.


10 posted on 07/18/2023 7:39:14 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: Republican Wildcat

Saw that.


11 posted on 07/18/2023 8:10:48 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! AMERICA FIRST! DEATH TO MARXISM AND GLOBALISM! )
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To: Republican Wildcat

My wife and I were invited to our neighbors house to watch an episode last winter (the healing of the man at the pool of Bethesda).

Afterwards, they asked us what we thought. We were polite, but I said the need to make up stuff, in order to have an hour long episode, can lead the viewer off course, possibly missing a key teaching or doctrine.

And yes, the transfiguration is a big deal.


12 posted on 07/18/2023 8:55:36 PM PDT by Zuriel (Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
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To: Republican Wildcat

Makes perfect sense to any believer who has followed the first three seasons.


13 posted on 07/18/2023 9:02:21 PM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (“It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many the net was not torn. ” John 21:11)
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To: kvanbrunt2; No name given
Re: It’s a writers strike.

The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) is on strike also.

14 posted on 07/18/2023 9:06:07 PM PDT by deks
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To: Hebrews 11:6

It makes no sense at all if this is supposed to be Biblical.

“Our” Story - pretty much says it all.

Why did you ignore the second part?

Glad I never got wrapped up in this so I would not feel any loyalty towards this and then try to justify all of this.


15 posted on 07/18/2023 11:16:28 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: Zuriel

True that.


16 posted on 07/18/2023 11:21:00 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: Republican Wildcat
"Their" story is not intended to be "biblical", as you presume, not intended simply to retell the Gospels. That's already been done repeatedly, as you know. If that were their goal, then including the Transfiguration would be inevitable.

Rather, this is a new concept: they are focusing in-depth (fifty-six episodes) on what it might have been like to be one of the early disciples of Jesus, one of "the chosen". The writers include Gospel events which advance that story, culminating with the crucifixion in Season 6 and the ascension in Season 7. Along with many other Gospel events, the Transfiguration didn't make the cut.

17 posted on 07/19/2023 7:46:38 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (“It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many the net was not torn. ” John 21:11)
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To: Hebrews 11:6
"Their" story is not intended to be "biblical", as you presume

Oh, we could tell that. Especially given the producer's fondness for Mormonism and other very questionable statements. It is something that never should have been made.

You don't find it disturbing he uses the crucifixion to tell jokes?

18 posted on 07/19/2023 9:31:55 AM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: Republican Wildcat

Apparently, you do not belong to their target audience. Let’s leave it at that.


19 posted on 07/19/2023 9:39:27 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (“It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many the net was not torn. ” John 21:11)
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