Portrayals of God in popular media was Irvine Welsh's "The Granton Star Cause", which portrayed God as drunken and abusive. Ironically, the campaign backfired, only serving the advertise the film more widely. The role of God is a difficult one to play, and also a difficult one to cast. The casting of Alanis Morissette as God in "Dogma" was influenced by the singer's own public dialogue with her faith, as expressed in her songs. The casting of African American Morgan Freeman as God in "Bruce Almighty" took the movie stereotype of a "black angel" to a new level. On the subject of playing the role, Ella
Dogma Dogma Dogma is an official system of principles or tenets of a church, such as Roman Catholicism, or the positions of a philosopher or of a philosophical school such as Stoicism. In the pejorative sense, dogma refers to enforced decisions, such as those of aggressive political interests or authorities. More generally, it is applied to some strong belief whose adherents are not willing to rationally discuss it. This attitude is named as a dogmatic one, or as dogmatism; and is often used to refer to matters related to religion, but is not limited to theistic attitudes alone and is often