This American Life with Ira Glass: A Man Undaunted
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Uploaded by talwithiraglass on Apr 4, 2007
Ben McPherson stages & photographs elaborate Bible scenes, then uses the photos as references for his enormous, lifelike paintings. Each scene is a huge undertakings, but because he lives in Utah, and Mormonism frown on facial hair, Ben's biggest obstacle is recruiting enough men with beards. So he ends up searching Utah's homeless shelters and anarchist cafes to find his prophets and disciples.
This clip is from Act 1 of "God's Close-up" the 3rd episode of This American Life with Ira Glass. Watch the whole story April 5th on Showtime, or any time On Demand.
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me too
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Woo! That's my tune :)
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This is why this show is so good. I took one look and though "big jesus paintings, whoopdeedoo" but the real story is the men he recruits to have the beards and where they come from. The same types of people that Jesus himself preached to. Awesome.
zenbyo 2 years ago 5
This whole series was awesome! I bought all of them on iTunes and watched them all in one night.
Nejij 3 years ago 3