The fact that it's only been a day since a new teaser clip came out for GO season 3 and already people are hating on the casting of Jesus is absolutely sending me. The actor cast in the part (Bilal Hasna) is talented as hell as well as Palestinian and queer, and seems like an incredibly perfect fit for the GO universe for so many reasons.
Everything about GO 3 has been plagued by setbacks and controversy, and for once there is something good to talk about in relation to this show, yet some people are always going to find a way to twist it into a negative. Obviously, no casting choice will make every single person happy, but trashing him when the season hasn't even been released yet is nothing more than a self-righteous exercise in pre-gaming rage.
It's particularly appalling to see so many of the attacks centering around race and religion, especially because there is no one way to "look" Palestinian or Jewish, and the entire point of Good Omens is that separating things into a black-and-white/"good" vs. "evil" dichotomy ignores and overlooks that so much of life exists in shades of grey.
The other message of the book/show is that to these two supernatural entities, humanity is more compelling and powerful than either Heaven or Hell, and they decide to work together to save the world and all of the people in it. That's about as close to following the teachings of God as it gets, so turning around and trashing Twinksus Christ because you have a problem with a casting choice is missing so many points it's not even funny. Also...
...This man is fucking adorable. Hating on him feels like hating puppies or sunshine, so let's just dial it back a notch or five hundred. If you've got issues with GO 3 coming out, by all means, boycott it, pirate it, do what you will. But trashing a member of the cast/crew who has worked so hard to bring us something that we almost didn't got is very much not the answer here...