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| | | | | Jesus the stoner, the singer, the trans woman and the regular guy – actors on playing the Messiah | | by Ryan Gilbey Dec 13, 2021 | | As we head into Christmas, actors who have tackled the son of god – from the trans woman who caused outrage in Glasgow to the weed-smoking Black Jesus – relive the role When the comic actor Slink Johnson was growing up in Arkansas, he had a specific image of Jesus Christ in his mind. “He was a white man with clean-ass robes,” he says. “Never a hair out of place. You had to be nice to him or his father’s gonna throw you in a lake of fire, you know what I mean?” Speaking over Zoom from his home in Los Angeles, where heavenly sunlight is streaming through the blinds behind him, he adds: “He was always holding his hands like this.” And he turns his palms upwards. None of which describes the version of the Son of God played by Johnson in the sitcom Black Jesus, which ran for three seasons between 2014 and 2019. Johnson’s Christ is an African American stoner chilling in his robes, sandals and crown of thorns in modern-day Compton. Despite a penchant for weed, he really is the Messiah, not a very naughty boy. He may scoff at requests for next week’s lottery numbers but he will happily use his divine power to help you find your keys (“Living room, couch, right pillow”). Anyone unhappy with their lot in life is reminded of the big man upstairs: “I told y’all, Pop’s got a plan.” Continue reading... | | | | | |
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