In the upcoming faith-based fantasy drama film “The Shack,” an adaptation of William P. Young’s 2007 novel, a man whose daughter was murdered during a family camping trip sinks into a deep depression and begins to lose his faith. One day, he receives a mysterious letter encouraging him to return to the site of his daughter’s murder and finds the physical manifestations of Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit and God, who takes the form of an African American woman played by Octavia Spencer.
Read More: Octavia Spencer In Final Negotiations to Play God in Film Adaptation of ‘The Shack’
Unsurprisingly, some Christian figureheads object to Spencer’s role as well as the film itself, which purports to be a faithful adaptation of Young’s book. Joe Schimmel, the pastor of Blessed Hope Chapel in Simi Valley, California, told Christian News Network that “Young’s pretentious caricature of God as a heavy set,...
Read More: Octavia Spencer In Final Negotiations to Play God in Film Adaptation of ‘The Shack’
Unsurprisingly, some Christian figureheads object to Spencer’s role as well as the film itself, which purports to be a faithful adaptation of Young’s book. Joe Schimmel, the pastor of Blessed Hope Chapel in Simi Valley, California, told Christian News Network that “Young’s pretentious caricature of God as a heavy set,...
- 12/22/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
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