“The Office,” “Parks and Recreation,” “Modern Family,” and “Abbott Elementary.” Each of these runaway hit TV series features a “mockumentary” style (as it’s called in Hollywood–a mock take on a documentary) with hilarious scenes and flawed characters. Fans love them. Critics praise them. But could Christians make them?<\/p>\n
(Find out at the end of this article…)<\/p>\n
Now, American viewers have their chance to find out as “The Promised Land” has parted the Red Sea of curiosity and found a home as a real TV series.\u00a0 Yes, the Children of Israel’s 40-year plight through the desert is now written with a more lighthearted take.<\/p>\n
Fortunately, the only “mock” is the fake documentary style for “The Promised Land.” Mitch Hudson, an assistant director for the global sensation “The Chosen,” writes and directs Moses’ journey.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Promised Land is filmed in a comical documentary style\u2014a mockumentary, if you will,\u201d Hudson says in a news release<\/a> provided to Beliefnet. \u201cThe characters are aware that they are being filmed and will often make comments to the camera. Talking-head style interviews with the characters help us connect to these biblical characters like never before.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The hesitant to the cynical in the Church may be thinking, “Of all the things to make funny…Moses’ journey to the Promised Land?!” If those same people trust the massive appeal Dallas Jenkins’ created with “The Chosen,” these are his words.<\/p>\n
\u201cA mockumentary portraying Moses and the Israelites? And it\u2019s actually good and faithful?\u201d he said about the pilot’s release. \u201cThe world needs a show like this. Seriously.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Let the journey begin.<\/p>\n
What’s Funny About a Journey to The Promised Land?<\/h2>\n
The answer to that question lies within each person who watches the pilot episode, which is offered below in its entirety and provided by Studio 523<\/a>, Lek Productions, and Collide Media Group.<\/p>\n
However, if you have ever been lost or caught without your GPS, once you find your way back home, a little joke is welcomed. According to Deuteronomy 1:2<\/a>, this was an 11-day journey that took 40 years. From Horeb to Kadesh Barnea, but instead, the children of Israel took us through most of the Pentateuch and into the Book of Joshua.<\/p>\n
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