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Starting at 4:30 a.m., TCM is playing one great, not-so-great and fabulous Easter movie after another. It starts with Ben-Hur, the epic gladiator-meets-Jesus movie that star Charlton Heston didn’t realize was secretly a gay love story.
At 3 p.m., they’re showing Easter Parade, the wonderful Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Ann Miller musical; forgive the blackface routine.
Between and after are a host of bible story movies, including both Nicholas Ray’s and Cecil B De Mille’s versions of King of Kings and The Robe, about the Roman tribunal who crucified Jesus and then decided to understand the man.
Even if you think Christianity is just an excuse to bash gays, these are great movies and probably more entertaining than an Easter egg hunt.
