Old School Lane Casual Chats: The Ten Commandments

In this episode of Casual Chats, Patricia and special guest Arun
Mehta from The Arun Mehta Show discuss about the 1956 film The
Ten Commandments in honor of Passover. Based on the 2nd chapter
of the Bible Exodus, the Hebrews have been slaves to the
Egyptians for over 400 years. The Egyptian Pharaoh commands to
kill all the Hebrew babies to prevent them from potentially
overpopulating them. One Hebrew woman builds a basket for her
baby and places him in the Nile River to hide away from the
soldiers. The Pharoah's daughter finds him and raises him as her
own son calling him Moses.


Years later, Moses believes that he's a prince and helps conquer
lands and building cities for the Pharoah Seti I. Meanwhile, the
Pharoah's son Rameses is jealous of Moses' accomplishments. Even
Rameses' future arrange wife Nefretiri loves Moses more than him.
But Moses then discovers that he is not an Egyptian prince, but a
Hebrew slave. He is eventually banished and becomes a shepherd in
Midian.


Another few years passed and God tasks Moses to go back to Egypt
and free the Hebrew slaves and take them to the Promise Land. But
it won't be easy since Rameses is now the Pharoah and is refusing
to let the Hebrews go.


When the film premiered in theaters, it was a huge success making
$122 million dollars out of a $13 million dollar budget. It
received critical acclaim for its story, actors, music, and
special effects. Nowadays, it's a cinematic classic that gets
played on TV during Passover every year. What did they think of
the film? Listen and find out.