# Note to Self -- Don't make the Devil look like a current Political Leader **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 18, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self-dont-make-the-devil-look-like-a-current-political-leader/653273 "2013-03-18T17:16:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2013, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self-dont-make-the-devil-look-like-a-current-political-leader/653273/21 "2013-03-18T22:22:00Z")
They filmed in Morocco, didn’t they? And we’re surprised they’re casting Africans? :dubious: I guess they look alike in the “totally looks like” meme sort of way, where you find two similarly posed headshots and skin tones. But I can’t say the resemblance is real strong one, other than a vaguely “light skinned skinny mixed race dude” one. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2013, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self-dont-make-the-devil-look-like-a-current-political-leader/653273/22 "2013-03-18T23:08:58Z")
> [@Blaster\_Master](#): > > I also don’t get the criticism that all the key roles are beautiful people. Spoiler alert; actors cast in fantasy show look like fantasy people. News at 11. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2013, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self-dont-make-the-devil-look-like-a-current-political-leader/653273/23 "2013-03-18T23:41:33Z")
> [@EMCEE\_98](#): > > ETA: Just saw SpoilerVirgin’s post. Seriously? I must not be brushed up on my Biblical saga viewings. He’s appeared in minor roles in T.V. movies about David (1997), Jeremiah (1998), Genesis and Exodus (In the Beginning - 2000) and The Ten Commandments (2006). He’s kind of a go-to guy for looking biblically Middle Eastern, someone you might expect the people casting a T.V. version of the Bible to hire, without regard to whether he resembled any current political leader. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self-dont-make-the-devil-look-like-a-current-political-leader/653273/24 "2013-03-19T01:20:24Z")
I’m just glad that this movies timing wasn’t worse. Imagine a Satan that looked like Nixon or Jimmy Carter instead. ---
**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self-dont-make-the-devil-look-like-a-current-political-leader/653273/25 "2013-03-19T02:08:56Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > I’m just glad that this movies timing wasn’t worse. Imagine a Satan that looked like Nixon or Jimmy Carter instead. I had a nightmare that they had gay sex and had a baby. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self-dont-make-the-devil-look-like-a-current-political-leader/653273/26 "2013-03-19T10:50:11Z")
> [@EMCEE\_98](#): > > Also, when in our pop culture is El Diablo ever represented by someone of African descent? :dubious: Not the Devil, but Randall Flagg in _The Stand_ comes to mind (although they made him a white guy in the movie). ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self-dont-make-the-devil-look-like-a-current-political-leader/653273/27 "2013-03-19T11:01:29Z")
Flagg isn’t black - or white, for that matter. In fact, King takes care not to describe him in any objective terms, other than “tall”. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self-dont-make-the-devil-look-like-a-current-political-leader/653273/28 "2013-03-19T12:26:50Z")
No resemblance at all-no horns, forked tail, or trident. Plus, everybody knows the devil is red.😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self-dont-make-the-devil-look-like-a-current-political-leader/653273/29 "2013-03-19T12:55:27Z")
> [@Sattua](#): > > But not JUST the Bible and Obama, nooooo, to me he looks more like Obama and Emperor Palpatine had a baby. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA > > There you go folks, your cultural literacy for 2013 in one little blip. The Bible, Barack Obama, and Star Wars. So he doesn’t really look like Obama, people have just been fooled by a Vulcan mind trick. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self-dont-make-the-devil-look-like-a-current-political-leader/653273/30 "2013-03-19T13:13:54Z")
I dunno; you don’t have to squint very hard to see the resemblance. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self-dont-make-the-devil-look-like-a-current-political-leader/653273.md?page=1)