Operation Black Steel: The Heart of Black Jesus
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ต.ค. 2024
- After his outing from The Boondocks, Aaron McGruder pursued a new intellectual property, in the form of the live action comedy series, Black Jesus. It sparked controversy and many assumed blasphemy. This time, in Operation Black Steel, we're gonna look at the show for what is. The 'heart', so to speak.
Shout to all the talented workers for Black Jesus. I didn't get to mention them all in this video, but they're amazing. Shout out to all of them, and all the great people that make Black Jesus possible. Keep up the awesome work, man.
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Best portrayal of Jesus in television, not because of his race but because his character was just a good guy who just wanted to try to make a community and the world a better place. The fact after every argument he goes “man I still love you though.” Is like your dad arguing with you but it comes from a place of warmth and compassion.
You got it my dude. Like after I got done wilin on the Christmas episode, like I realized it was perfect. I'd love to see someone really break down the Christmas episode cause it's so underrated.
The Christmas Episode was something that Aaron's been building up to for the longest time since the strip. He always said that he thought Jesus would hate the very concept of Christmas, not only because it's designed for profit, but it's not even his birthday. It's a pagan holiday. Everyone wants things from Jesus, but nobody wanna give Jesus shit.
TheStoryteller well the Catholics converted my then people because our special day was at risk of outshining them, I’ll take it any day over the cultist genocide that was thanksgiving.
i loved this 'cause of that reason
Austin Trench “by default dummy!”
Black Jesus is a terrific show! We lost John Witherspoon in 2019 and Charlie Murphy passed in 2017. Rest in peace guys...
Firs season of Black Jesus was soo damn good. "What would your Mom do if she knew if your out here doing hood shit!" I really liked thier version of Jesus. Its definitly how I pictured him in real life. This show was damn underrated.
Aaron seems to have a knack for writing really strong first seasons. The first season of Black Jesus is great collectively, and I love the story they tell with the garden. But, the second season of Black Jesus is easier to rewatch because each episode feels like its own separate thing.
*We still got vegetables fish!*
-_Black Jesus_
Being a Christian that takes my religion seriously and being black on top of that.... I loved this video! I have many many problems with the way we practice our religion (especially in the so-called black church). Black Christians generally put a lot more emphasis on the miraculous part of Jesus, and God for and that matter, and I understand why, but I like how this video explores what it means to have faith and what Jesus would do with us and for us if he were walking around today. I could go on and on, but I'll just say that you've convinced me to check this show out.
Here's some extended thoughts on the cast.
After seeing Slink Johnson play Jesus, I know that nobody else could've played Jesus. His portrayal feels genuine and sincere, befitting of the show's vibes. Andra Fuller might not be with the show anymore, but he'll always be a favorite. Almost all of my favorite moments in the series involve him in some capacity, and I wish him the best moving forward.
Angela Gibbs is an absolute goddess playing Ms Tudi. John Witherspoon, Corey Holcomb and Charlie Murphy, nothing needs to be said. Perfect. Valenzia Algrin is slept on, but she's honestly fantastic as Diane, up there as one of my favorites. King Bach and Antwon Tanner fill their respective roles in a way that feels so genuine. I can't really put it into the words, but I love these guys. Mike Clattenburg is slept on, but he's the reason this show nailed the Trailer Park Boys vibe, in the first place. Shout out to all of them, and all the great people that make Black Jesus possible. Keep up the awesome work, man.
I 100% agree
Hey what's the song at 12:21 with the girl on the hook?
What you said about atheists is wrong...I know I can't enjoy the rest of the video without putting this out there, but if we saw the REAL Jesus we would have more questions than anyone and we would not "cuss him out" or sling hate at him. We might do so after he has answered our questions and did so with complete bullshit but we would be inquisitive of this strange man.
Wasn't Trayvon the most loyal to Jesus? How is that forgettable?
@@tokydemonkey508 I think its on kanye album u might have to find it tho
My pops used to tell me Jesus stories except he'd set them in the hood. He called him Jerusalem Slim and he'd tell the stories depicted in the Gospels, but as if they were happening in the ghetto, so they seemed _real_ to me. When this show came out it was pretty much exactly like his stories. And for people who take issue with Jesus drinking, smoking, hanging in the streets... STOP IT. His first miracle was LITERALLY turning water _into wine,_ not the reverse. At his last meal he DRANK with his homies and told them to _keep drinking in his memory._ People just say whatever the heck they feel like saying and pretend the Bible justifies it.
That man is giant 6'7 that's giant that's exactly what I was thinking funnily enough
When I read about his height I was like dayummm. I'm 6'5", but that guy looks way taller than me.
He's also a very funny standup comedian.
Dude how do you have like no views, I thought you would have like atleast 300k subs. Looking down I was shocked. This content is amazing
Thank you. Your kind words mean the world to me.
Like you said after season 4 of Boondocks I think a lot of his fans didn't come back to Adult Swim to give Black Jeuses a chance but this show sounds deep...
Yet that seems like it's the problem; the show is too deep for the average person to get what message it is trying to project. Remember the Boondocks had the same problem
It has some Boondocks elements too, I find. The biggest one I didn't mention in this video is simply how Aaron, supposedly, views your relationship with God. Season 1 of The Boondocks ends with Huey threatening to expose the governor's gay lover and lightening striking to stop the execution in time for the phone call.
If the lightening hadn't hit, then the execution would've gone through before the phone call. And, if the Huey hadn't made the threat in the first place, then they would've just executed him after the initial failed attempt.
Black Jesus presents a similar idea with Season 1 and how it uses the garden to represent God. God is like a garden, in the sense that it won't move unless you move. Unless you nurture and care for it. And, you can't just get frustrated and give up faith because things don't come immediately. It's an interesting metaphor for God, and our relationship with it.
So for people who have never seen the show would ONLY give it a try because of your video; what episode would you recommend that person watch to persuade them to start watching the show?
Oof. Well, when you watch Season 1 as a collective, the ending pay off is one of the best feelings in the series. But, if you're looking for a standalone episode for someone who is still on the fence about the Black Jesus thing, I'd go with "Never Say When" or "Taco Sundays". Both Season 2 episodes. While, I'd strongly reccomend watching the first 10 episode of Black Jesus, if you still feel iffy about it, try one of those two. You can find them on Hulu, Amazon Video or if you're feelin' spicy, Dailymotion.
just toke up and watch all of season 1 one sunday.
Its a show I find fairly bitter sweet though, the idea is great, the acting is good, it has its deep moments without trying to hard, but it still seems to lack whatever made the first 2 seasons of the boondocks amazing.
It's certainly not for everyone. And I think Season 1 and 2 of The Boondocks is a very hard bar to top. But, Black Jesus still feels sincere, imo. I, personally, think it's better than Season 3 and 4 of The Boondocks.
Wasn't Jesus technically a wandering bum in the Bible? Wandered in the wilderness, made a ruckus in towns, healing people? I think this is a slightly more accurate portrayal than some people think.
He was a tradesman most of his adult life.
Nah he wasn't a bum.. He had a job as a carpenter. He worked with his father(earth dad).
How was he a bum... He was a carpenter that never asked for anything. Wandering implies that he was without direction which he wasn't.
the only real "ruckus" i remember jesus causing in the bible was he crafted his own whip from materials when he saw the town was using the local church as a marketplace to trade and sell animals and animal products. it made him livid and he chased the townspeople out of the church whipping them and flipping over tables and etc freeing animals and destroying products
@It’s ya boy Perry dog dude it's called the bible. He was most undoubtedly a craftsman.
If I met Jesus, I'd just want to hang out with him. Sure, I might ask questions or ask for the occasional miracle, but I'd want to know the man behind the miracles. More importantly, I'd want to see how good he is at Smash.
Probably be a Palutena main
If Jesus really was like he is described in the bible, everyone would love to hang out with him. He would be a pretty chilled dude
The only problem I had with the show was that Jesus was a bum and non confrontational. He had a trade, and so did his disciples. They weren't just relying on the others to take care of them all the time. Also it didn't have Jesus calling out people on their bs all the time. I know it happened occasionally in the show, but Jesus always did that, religiously (pardon the pun).
Storyteller is arguing that this show is focused on how we relate to Jesus NOW though. He did those things while he was physically present, but now it’s up to us to work for our food, tithe, live righteously, and spread the word. Jesus isn’t handing out fish anymore.
And you might say that God still visibly blesses us though. But that’s the second point. Miracles don’t come when you want them to, and if you get divine help it’s just barely identifiable. And Jesus won’t call you out audibly for wrong doing, you have to listen very very closely to hear the still-small voice.
In a sense, Black Jesus isn’t meant to portray the Jesus that physically lived. He’s meant to represent what Jesus’ current presence in our lives actually feels like.
Also jesus was rich. Remember he got gold from at his birth but stay choose to be a carpeter.
@@CTHD13 Yes He is, they're just in tacos and out of the Wilt Chamberlain Lake.
Yes!!! Jesus would literally have his calling out moments when it came to the Pharisees. Every time when I was reading the Bible and they would try to finesse Jesus, and Jesus was like “boy bye”. It was so funny.
love me some Aaron and Slick Johnson, they need to give Aaron control of Boondocks again, his mind is so fresh and always evolving.
rest in peace Charley Murphy, i alwys thought he was way more funnier than Eddie.
they need to bring back BLACK JESUS! i immediately connected with this show. i always wondered what it would be like if jesus was there, being able to talk to. obviously im not an atheist but i do respect everyones views as long as nobody gets hurt.
P.S: Jesus was/is black.. dont reply to me i wont answer.
Black Jesus was such a good show. Damn I'm still waiting for the next season. Good video 👍
RIP John Witherspoon and Charlie Murphy
Honestly this kinda hit me, I've been really question religion for a while now and that was a pretty good way of looking at it.
I've had issues with dealing with religion and faith too, don't worry. It's a universal thing, especially in the black community. My whole thing is, just living to try and spread peace and love. Kinda like Jesus did. It's hard cause' well, we ain't Jesus. But y'know, he was still human right? So, it's possible. And that possibility in itself, I believe should drive people who do believe in that to become better people and do right.
@@TheStorytellerAJ I mean yeah you have to spread love and peace but also follow the rules of the Bible. Like you said, people follow Jesus for help and eternal peace in the after life but it takes more than being nice and spreading peace and love to get there.
you dont really have to follow religion in any way you just need to trest your fellow man with love and compassion as best as you can and when you cant atleast recognize our human shortcomings, apologize and make up for our wrong doings
Seriously it was a good time to watch a show about a guy known as black Jesus and the best thing about it was the fact that in my Hangout, he sent me a message saying thank you for your comment and stuff like that and I was very thankful that and by that I mean it was the actor who played as black Jesus being very respectful and stuff like that.
I cant wait for you to blow up,.you deliver quite deep analysis quickly and concisely, never waste a second in your videos, but still produce such quality and quantity, keep on grindin bro. Thanks for this and many other great vids
Nice choice with the Madlib and MF DOOM beats.
Mateo David Gutierrez Gonzalez what’s the time stamp on it I didn’t catch it
Black Jesus is sweet from gta?
Lamar
And that makes him Ice Cube
but... but sweet eventually broke and chose to do the dope that he tried to fight so hard against, it was only because his brother came in at the right time that he didnt take that first puff
Now me being an atheist I wouldn't curse out Jesus Once he showed me proof it was him I would just ask him questions and if he did not prove it to me I would just write him off as just some guy. Now the show in general I thought it was fine I watched it when it was on and I had no real problem with it.
Y not just follow him?I mean if he is the divine Jesus not just a Hispanic, you could give it a chance. Call off work and say alright my dude I shall follow you all day and be a disciple for day.
@@tangysweat97
Why would you follow him?
If this guy, presented the first ever evidence in ALL of history, to be both Jesus and the "divine" living carnit person, what need who there be to follow him? It's under the same premise, as to why do you need to worship or pray to an ALL powerful, all knowing multiversal being of unfathomable comprehension? Nothing you could ever say would offer the least bit of amount of offense or pleasure to it. So why do it? It would be wasting your time, and would be ultimately needless.
@@YugiohMaster1987 So If someone that is worshipped by billions of people....You would not want to be in there presents?I don't how you measure you time generally? What is present You clicked on this video in the past watched it/commented .So about 15 mins.I'm asking was that fulfilling?If so humble yourself and follow greatness.Who would you follow for a day?Any one ?What would you want to know or whom?Everyone has a personal Jesus .
@@YugiohMaster1987 I would follow cause he is the man I profess to follow.
@@YugiohMaster1987 You do needless things yes?or are you a saga or something?
Black Jesus was the shit, i always watch it when a new episode got on.
I think they potraying Jesus like it is if he was here with blind mfs.
Just remember the Huey play vison of Jesus, and Huey’s mind is Aarons🤷🏽♂️💪🏽
Respect! I laughed my ass off everyday
Noice! Splendid analysis. I never really watched all of the show, but you practically summed up my experience, but better!
LMAO WHO TALKS LIKE THAT
I'd deadass give away my kidney for 2 more seasons of boondocks
I loved that show RIP Charlie Murphy & John Witherspoon
I thought Black Jesus was a GREAT show with a powerful meaning behind it.
Holy shit, 14:30-14:45 got REALLY real.
I grew up in church pretty much and grew to hate it for being hypocritical, narcissistic and by design a method of oppressions thats trying to still be seen as a pillar in the black community (which honestly it isn't as much as it use to be).
One of the questions I always wondered growing up was why did it matter so much about the color of Jesus and god or whatever. I came to the very same conclusion you did.
Well said.
I watched this show on rewatches and I really liked it. Damn shame that both Charlie and John is gone.
Gotta respect Jesus nobody wants to die for any cause because nobody know if it leaves any impact once they are dead.
i guess it does help if you know you will be revived in a few days, huh?
This show was good I miss this show I wish it could came back this show was really good
this show really hits home. It's got such a good undertone.
I can't even lie, I slept on Black Jesus when it first came out. I remember popping in for a couple of minutes and then bouncing to a different channel when I didn't get that Boondocks feel. And then I forgot about it. I'm definitely ready for it now. Thanks for the reminder, yo!
I really like how you used your music.
Playing "Everything I Am" when describing Jesus & human beings.
Playing "Selfish" on how Jesus can come across as a selfish being. 👍
Glad someone caught on. The music choice is always specifically chosen.
Why would an atheist curse Jesus out if the met him, it would be a perfect opportunity to see if he is legit or not. That's what atheists have been asking for.
I liked black Jesus. Because I do not take the story of Jesus seriously. Jesus is not real. So seeing a spin-off of the Jesus story. It was cool.
xPumaFangx Jesus being a real person is pretty well accepted. As for him being God, that’s a different matter. But claiming Jesus isn’t real is a little silly.
Heru Jr. of Kemet what? Lmao I have no idea what you’re saying. My comment said nothing about “products of society”.
Jesus was a real person bro 💀
@Freestyle King Good, walk away from the idea that there is a god. It will open you up to new ways of thinking.
@@jsiabot3467 Jesus was once a common Jewish name. It still is in Mexico. You know it too. English speaking Americans call it, Hey Zeus......
"If I seen Jesus I'll ask him to bring me some cold water in hell" -Quincy
It was actually pretty respectful and exposed churches who care about money
So glad you made this video on my birthday! You got a new subscriber
That scene with the kid handing jesus his revolver made me gasp the first time I saw it. To me, that's a good thing when the show you're watching makes you gasp like that
Honestly love this channel makes me want to be the person I wanted to be when I was a kid now I’m 23 and I hate the man I have become honestly you🙏🏾
Much love. I'm glad the channel helps you out. More stuff soon.
I'm one of "those" atheists; i think I'd prefer to interrogate Jesus to see if he believed what he was saying about himself. There is a common trope in Christian apologetics that ask which of 3 "Ls" Jesus was: lord, liar, and lunatic. They missed one other L: legend. Was he a god (least likely imo)? Did he even believe what he was saying? If he believed it was he sane? If he existed then i'd argue that he was a legend: someone who existed and had influence but who's true story was lost to the ages.
There is proof he existed. He was defended in several non religious sources that had no reason to side with Christianity. The question is if he had powers or not
The idea that Christian beliefs about Jesus is only legend is not entirely sound mainly because the source of what they believe about Jesus, the four gospels(Matthew, Mark, Luke, John) from the Bible, are not written in the way that legends are typically written. We see that, particularly in the book of Luke, that they were, or at least were written as, eye-witness accounts or compilations of accounts of Jesus's life. They are written not as artistic stories meant to merely awe and inspire followers, but simply to tell what happened. This is evident by the lack of legend-like structure and the superfluous and unexplained details included in the gospels. For example, there is the story of the adulteress brought before Jesus (from which originated the phrase "let him without sin cast the first stone"). In it, it describes Jesus suddenly kneeling down and writing on the ground. If it were a legend, there surely would be some explaination of the significance of the act, but there is none. The practice of putting in useless details to make a story more realistic was not done in any writings contemporary of that time, yet thr gospels are filled with these details. The only other explaination is that someone gave an account of what they saw happen and nothing more.
Since it is written like a firsthand account, we must then assume that was how the story was given when the church first started in Jerusalem
This means that those who first heard it, among them being people who saw Jesus himself if his fame was remotely what the gospels detail, would have heard the story as eye-witness accounts. They would have been the first to notice if the original tellers of the story had added in that Jesus claimed to be God if he never did. At best, those telling the story would have been laughed at, or they would have been killed or beaten at worst. However, we read and see in history that, not only did people believe them, but that the christian movement exploded from there. It must be that Jesus really did make that claim, and so we are reduced to only the three L's.
@@ProfesserLuigi funny thing is. In older bibles that were discovered, jesus life or better, his resurrection happened differently. The oldest version has him telling the women to tell his followers about his resurrection but they don't. And it ends like that
@@guilhermefranco2930 Interesting. Can you provide a source on that, or direct to a copy of one of those older Bibles?
@@ProfesserLuigi i watched it in a video a while ago. I think he provided sources. It was about different bibles found out. Per example, an older one where Jesus doesn't say "forgive them for they dont lmao what they are doing" and stuff. I'll look for it, but I can't promise u I will find it
“ This Guy Is 6’7, Jesus Christ “ 💀💀💀
I think the cast was good, slink johnson was great in GTAV
Single-handedly the reason why I will be watching/analyzing Black Jesus. Thanks for this...💯
Black Jesus was such a great show. And honestly, if Jesus came back to preach in the streets, I couldn't definitely see him picking Compton as his home base.
This is probably the best modern explanation of the relationship between Jesus and humanity.
“Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.”
Did the show depict him as pre-cross or post-cross? (Or was it thematically no-cross)?
Wow. You've successfully persuaded to binge watch a new show I was initially turned off by. Great video, bruh!
But it's all GOOD for devil shows and Luciferians, demon shows ,,,rrriiiggghht.
DONT SEE DEM SHOWS BEING TAKEN DOWN.....HINT HINT
mr.pickles smh
its almost like.... the religious take their beliefs more seriously than the nonreligious. wooaaahhh
They should have had black Jesus on telemundo! It would have been epic 😎
Black Jesus i the Talmudo?!
@@zapazap yes! 😆 It would be epic!
So as an Atheist I don’t even believe in him. To say we would yell at him means we would have to believe.
Show was genius tbh
I like it simply because its good to see Jesus depicted as a non-White guy. Part of the "point" is that Jesus is, though divine, also an everyman.
I like the show but when first time I watched it kinda weird how they portrayed Jesus. I actually like the other characters more. Best episode when focused on the Vick and Corey Holcomb mom. Also the church.
Jesus also preforms miracles , preaches love
Leads people to the right path for their lives .
And other stuff
Jesus is like the embassador of love! And i thank pops for another day! In Jesus illustrious and devine name
Amen
As an athiest, if I met Black Jesus, I'd probably ask why slavery was a thing in both testaments. Then I'd ask him to transform a bag of lawn clippings into weed so we could chill.
Because slavery for a long time was based on a prisoner not race system. Like to pay unpaid debts and other shit like that.
John Witherspoon doed too which really makes me upset. Rest in peace Charlie Murphy and John Witherspoon I'm missing both y'all rn
I love all the samples you use for background music 10/10
You know the name of the remix in the beginning with Jill Scott tho?
First of all, allow me to thank you. This video really lightened me up on the subject of Jesus and all that shit.
Second of all, I really need to watch me some Black Jesus.
I wonder if people knew how deep this show was, would it have a bigger fanbase? I read all the comments from people about the boondocks and I realized that the majority of the fans did not really understand the deeper meaning of the show or its characters; they just loved the comedy.
I have never watched black jesus but perhaps if it had more N-words and "N-word moments" it would have a bigger fanbase because sadly that's all people seem to remember about the boondocks.
And I cannot talk because I thought I did see all the deep hidden meanings of the comic and show until I found your channel.
Nice video
The show portrayed Jesus well tbh.
I loved black Jesus I was sad when they stopped showing it
It's getting a Season 3, don't worry. My fear is that Charlie Murphy & Andre Fuller leaving the show might mess things up.
Did the show depict him as pre-cross or post-cross? (Or was it thematically no-cross)?
One thing I don’t really like about Jesus’s portrayal in media and even in black Jesus is that he stands out too much. Jesus was such an average looking guy that the Pharisee’s had no idea who to arrest because they didn’t know which one of the 13 most typical looking Jewish guys in the room was the messiah. Which is why they needed Judas to kiss him so they could know who to arrest.
Jesus was also tall
yoo god u gottta put up a tracklist man , u choose great songs/beats
Tracklist at the end, fam.
I liked it. Could never find the whole thing. Thanks for this series it’s eye-opening.
When money said "the nigga had a hard life!" I did a double-take. I can almost always tell an American black dude just from the vocal timbre, but BRITISH black dudes? No clue, LOL
Aye dawg this shit needs more views, this video this channel. Imma come back in like a year and this shit better have take off by then
Rip John Witherspoon
I never watched the show, I think I just expected them to make a stereotypical black person version of Jesus, & also didn't like most of the live action stuff on Adult Swim. This makes me want to watch it though. Wish I had known Chalie Murphy was in it, loved him in Boondocks & Chapelle Show.
Great video man. Your use of instrumentals and music is great! When you said I wanna play Rap Snitches, I was like... who is this nigga and in what alternate universe are we kin!?
I find it funny that he's called Black Jesus but has straight hair
Man I love your videos!
The best fucking show there was
also, really good breakdown of show.Super methodical
RAPP SNITCHES, TELLIN ALL YO BUSINESS.
SIT IN THE COURT, AND BE THEIR OWN STAR WITNESS
I was late to the show but it was amazing!
Its not that black people never had anything, its that black people never knew what they once had, what they could have had because of how they were cut off from Africa
If doing our own miracles means to do righteousness then im on board
I’m looking forward to watching it!
Did people forget jesus drank wine all the time?
The devil took everything from Job not God. If Job had of came to God in the first place a lot of the bad things would not have happened, but it took him all the way to ch37 -38 to even speak with the Lord, before then he was only talking about himself. After he spoke to the Lord God was able to save him, before them Job was so focused on claiming the he himself (Job) was righteousness in everything that he did, but it was to the contrary and satan used that against him.
i remember reading it as satan talkimg to god saying that if God's believers were stricken with suffering and strife they would no longer believe or even blame god. god refused that poimt and as a way to prove it allowed satan to attack on of his well off believers to the point of near death to see if they would turn away and do it slowly to see at what point would strife be too much to continue to have faith
The devil took everything from Job because God gave him direct permission to do so as a test of Job’s faith. Job didn’t come to God about it, he waited until God came to him “in a whirlwind” (look it up) because that’s the entire point of the story: it was God’s Will for his life at that time to become afflicted, and Job *accepted* that.
The only reason Job “claimed he himself was righteous” as you say was because he was trying to rationalize with his friends and figure out why this stuff was happening to him, as any human would.
The Gospel Jesus drank wine and hung out with whores/paupers. He was certainly far from the sanitized American image of his Holiness and he wouldn't have made the waves he did if it was. The problem is how modern Christians are detached from any idea of Christianity as the homegrown cult that grew from Jerusalem. They have become the Senecas and the Neros of the era, the type more willing to conform to the stereotypes of the world and persecute the weak because that is what society mandates. Society is inherently against figures like Jesus because they preach a message that is equally against their world, and thus when Jesus became incorporated into society the "message" had to become sanitized. It had to conform to society when it clear as day meant to usurp it.
If more people realized that Jesus would’ve stood by groups that were persecuted by “modern American Christians”, I feel like more people would find real comfort in his teachings as opposed to associate it with pain. But alas, that idea falls on deaf ears to everyone these days.
Hey I’m an atheist and I wouldn’t cuss him out! If anything I would ask him many questions.
7:13 "nigga stop prayin"
Great vid.
Ey what's the song at the very beginning?
Good use of using the Selfish instrumental while talking about working for Jesus to get something
Oh wow i never saw the show this way, i still think its not a show for me(I am still in the stigma of it being blasphemous to depict jesus as a seemling aloof person) but this made realize how much deeper the thought was in the entire series.
I thought it was just a atheist joke series used to cut down the Christian religion when I saw them all sitting around smoking and cursing and now I feel like I jumped to conclusions.
I would definitely watch a version without the lords name being taking in vein and bleeped cursing (which would probably take away some charm)
But overall if I come across this again I think I can have a better attitude about it now.
I can understand that perception. I initially felt the exact same way. Honestly, it's alittle much at first glance, and I'll openly admit to that. But, it's a really clever show with a really simple mask. Even small things like Fish, Jesus' right hand man, being a reference to Peter, who was a fisherman. The doubter who in the end, stood by Jesus' side to the very end when his faith was tested.
Another key aspect of the show I love is how it uses the garden from Season 1, in order to symbolize ones relationship with God. Jesus tells the crew to invest time into making the garden, and after one set back, they essentially start to lose faith. Cause' God hasn't provided results when you want them to come, you start all that hatin' and begin to doubt.
This is referenced in the video where Fish goes off on Jesus for God not providing when he wanted him to, not being able to appreciate the fact that they still have vegetables. Aaron did something very similar with The Boondocks in how he tackled the idea of God there. Your relationship with God is not a matter of praying, and just hoping things will get better. It's about working on, and towards the things you desire, and maintaining faith even when the world leads you to doubt. Miracles manifest themselves in crazy ways, after all.
The final scene from Black Jesus I play in this video is where Jesus talks to this kid about how you're supposed to treat a garden, and it was designed as this clever way of discussing one's relationship with God. It's a small way of looking at religion, but essentially, Aaron presents this idea that we need to work hard to make miracles for ourselves, and not just blindly wait for the "garden" (that being God) to provide results for us.
God is like a garden. Regardless of how he got there, or its significance as a whole. It doesn't move, unless you do. You need to put the effort in to see the results. And, you always have to remember that God moves at his own pace and works in mysterious ways. "He blesses us with struggle, cause' it makes us stronger. It's a test of faith."
@@TheStorytellerAJ well said, dude
Free will means you're free to fuck up is a pretty solid quote
5:17 Old testament. It's in the Old Testament.
I wanted to watch the show so much. I’m gonna see if I can’t find it online.
If Jesus was really there, me, the Muslims, the Hindus and everyone contemplating the nature of the universe would have a freaking existential crisis.
But, I'd ask him how it all ends. Do we go out with a bang or a whimper? Do we evolve and survive? Does all of this end in tragedy?
Well, Jesus states many times that the world is going to end/be destroyed, so most likely it’ll end in a bang LOL. An apocalyptic event is something most if not all religions seem to agree on. I guess humans are low key self aware that we’re going to destroy ourselves one way or another.
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'Spread love' sounds wishy-washy. Like spreading some kind of feeling. The J wasn't here to do that,
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He was here to *tell folk to love* where love = *laying down your life for your beloved*.
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And he wasn't one you need to put in your main bedroom, or even your best guest bedroom. If your best guest bedroom had an attached bathroom and your second best did not, and you were hosting an ill friend as well as Jesus, you put Jesus in the *second* best guestroom, dawg, 'cuz your sick friend needs the one with the badroom.
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And you would be serving the J by doing so, because the J *identified* with the sick and lowly Dog.
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He don't expect the best of your stuff for his personal self.
This video actually piqued my interest in the show, cause trust, I was one of those anime fans that was scared off lmao
When Jesus told that guy to "stop losing shit all the time" I literally felt attacked!
As an atheist I'd ask him about free will vs the holy plan. Not really curse him out
I LOVE THIS SHOW!!! Been a fan since day two! Day one I was shocked, but I get it!! WWJD if he came back to speak to us now is the basic concept, no disrespect, just how would he reach us today. Thanks Aaron! Now make the movie!