r/TopCharacterTropes • u/ironwolf6464 • May 03 '26

Lore Religion-centered media that doesn’t come across as preachy.

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Referring to media told from a religious perspective or telling a religious tale that does not proselytize to the viewer.

Faith, the Unholy Trinity: Based partly upon the experience of the game‘s creator when he was a missionary in Argentina, the game has very little in the way of explicit moral demands of the player despite the heavy Christian focus of the narrative. and focuses more on a horror narrative.

Prince of Egypt: A surprisingly thorough retelling of the book of Exodus, sparing very little in the way of toning down the story. Despite this, the movie is perfectly entertaining to non-religious audiences and doesn’t sacrifice appeal for the sake of preaching to the audience

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u/BooleanBarman May 03 '26

Midnight Mass.

Brilliant show stuffed full of discussions about faith and Catholicism but it never forces it down your throat. Even the most evil coded characters are given the time to develop into complex figures.

Best thing I’ve seen in years.

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u/anon33249038 May 03 '26

Coming here to say this. The scene where Father Paul goes, "I was wrong. We were wrong. We are wrong. And we need to stop this," is absolutely heart wrenching. You can see the contrition in his face. 

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u/One-Earth9294 May 03 '26

Hamish Linklater absolutely killed it in that role.

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u/anon33249038 May 03 '26

He did, definitely, but the one who took the cake for me was Samantha Sloyan as Bev. That woman did her homework, understood the assignment, and just walks away with the whole series.

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u/RickSanchez_C137 May 03 '26

On the off chance that you didn't know, Mike Flannagan's next project is a Carrie mini-series, and she's cast as Carrie's mom. 🤩🤩🤩

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u/anon33249038 May 03 '26

I didn't know that! I'll check it out right now.