Selling Point?
A recently purchased a 70-hour audio production of the Bible called The Bible Experience. After purchasing it — I didn’t pay a great deal of attention to the names in the “all-star cast” — I realized that this audiobook production consists of all “African-American” actors and actresses.
First, let me say that I am enjoying it so far. I’m close to midway through the Book of Exodus so far, and the production has some sound effects and a music score in the background to enhance without overdoing it or creating a distraction.
The Bible Experience isn’t being marketed, as far as I can tell, as a bible for black people, so I found it curious that it’s only read by blacks.
If it had been an all-white cast, I would have still purchased it, but that wouldn’t have been a selling point at all. I daresay that there would have been no mention at all that the cast was entirely all-white.
So I wonder why anyone would care what color the people whose voices they hear would be?
If we’re all God’s children — regardless of skin color — then why would anyone dream of excluding performers of the Word based on skin color? Seems a bit odd to me.

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I listened to The Word of Promise (it’s NT only) over the winter. One selling point for saying the cast is “all-black” there is no chance of Jim Caviezel showing up and therefore Jesus won’t sound like he’s on Prozac.
Just a thought.
In all seriousness, I wouldn’t care “what color” the voices were either, as long as they pronounced things right and didn’t sound like they phoned in their ‘performance.’ Stacy Keach is awesome as Paul on the one I listened to, though.