Hollywood’s anti-Christian bias
By Miriam Kuepper, Daily Mail:
A former star of The Office, Rainn Wilson, said there is anti-Christian bias in Hollywood after episode 8 of The Last Of Us had a Bible-reading character turn into a ‘horrific villain’.
In the episode, main character Ellie comes across a group of survivors led by David (portrayed by Scott Shepherd) a ‘cult-leading cannibal who keeps quoting the Bible’, according to the Daily Wire.
The former The Office star Rainn Wilson wrote about the character on Twitter: ‘I do think there is an anti-Christian bias in Hollywood.
As soon as the David character in “The Last of Us” started reading from the Bible I knew that he was going to be a horrific villain. Could there be a Bible-reading peracher on a show who is actually loving and kind?’
The tweet comes in the middle of the controversy surrounding this year’s Oscars, as many criticised the awards for not being ‘diverse enough’ and the Best Actress winner Jamie Lee Curtis urged the Academy to consider genderless acting categories.
Many Twitter users agreed with Mr Wilsons’s tweet, with one saying that the ‘defamation of Christianity’ had become one of Hollywood’s major ‘unoriginal and tired’ clichés.
Another added that making Christians the bad guy in a show was the norm nowadays.
Mr Wilson’s My Super Ex-Girlfriend cast-mate Stelio Savante expressed his agreement with the actor and said he agrees with him ‘wholeheartedly’ and added: ‘But unfortunately, Christophobia and Christophobic sentiment are alive and well in our industry.’
The Last Of Us, based on a video game with the same name, is a critical and commercial hit for US channel HBO.
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