HBO’s “The Final of Us,” a post-apocalyptic present primarily based on the online game that was first launched almost a decade in the past, depicted a Christian preacher as a crazed cannibal villain in the latest episode.
The group is led by a person named David, a Christian preacher, and likewise contains James and Troy, the latter of whom cites Bible verses to help his cannibalistic actions. David, the present’s evil preacher, even makes an attempt to rape a younger lady, Ellie, the protagonist, and cites a Bible verse as justification for doing so.
The popular culture web site Bounding Into Comics, contrasted the present with the favored online game the collection relies on: “The sport’s characterization of the 2 cannibals merely depicts them as unhinged however resilient-in-the-face-of-the-apocalypse psychopaths, HBO’s live-action adaptation opted to offer some further and pointless context to the characters’ backstories.”
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HBO’s ‘The Final of Us’ TV collection large promoting banner is seen within the metropolis heart in Warsaw, Poland on January 19, 2023. The present is an American post-apocalyptic drama tv collection created by Craig Mazin and primarily based on the 2013 online game. (Photograph by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto through Getty Photos)
Verse 1 John 4:18, “There isn’t any concern in love” is the a part of the Bible the preacher cites for his sexual assault.
Twitter consumer Angelo complained about the latest episode, saying, “Tonight’s episode of The Final of Us was among the finest this season. Fairly devoted to the sport. However I did have one gripe with it: why make the city chief a loopy Christian? That trope is so burnt out and hole. It was so compelled and pointless too.”
The HBO collection additionally options a variety of homosexual characters. Star Bella Ramsey lately instructed GQ that viewers ought to simply “get used to it,” saying, “I do know individuals will assume what they need to assume. However they’re gonna need to get used to it. In the event you do not need to watch the present as a result of it has homosexual storylines, as a result of it has a trans character, that is on you, and also you’re lacking out.”
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Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett’s characters bond over Linda Ronstadt in HBO’s “The Final of Us” (Liane Hentscher/HBO)
The problem of attainable anti-religious bias lately sparked heated debate throughout a contentious listening to on Capitol Hill. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., confronted Lawyer Basic Merrick Garland over what he alleged was an “anti-Catholic bias” within the Justice Division after a pro-life household had their house raided by the FBI.
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There have been almost 300 assaults on Catholic church buildings since Might 2020, starting from vandalism to arson.