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  1. contrast (genre contrast): The Last Temptation of Christ → Ben-Hur. Biblical epics already existed in public mind in the 60s, so a Last Temptation would have drawn less ire then than in the 80s.
    “Precisely because the biblical epic already existed in like the public mind.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Last Temptation of Christ with Jamelle Bouie · 0:53:23 · Jamelle Bouie (0.70 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (accent convention): The Last Temptation of Christ → Ben-Hur. Scorsese made the Romans British, as in Ben-Hur, with everyone else American.
    “He said the big thing was to give let the Romans be British.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Last Temptation of Christ with Jamelle Bouie · 1:02:57 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. unmapped (star-type): Russell Crowe → Ben-Hur. Quoting Lex G on Ben-Hur's Charlton Heston who could be larger than life yet steady, they say Crowe is the one modern guy who can do that.
    “no one can hold a movie like this and sort of know how to be larger than life, but also just steady at the center.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with John Hodgman · 1:13:08 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. unmapped (runner-up): Kirk Douglas → Ben-Hur. Douglas was the runner-up for the lead of Ben-Hur.
    “Like Douglas was the runner-up for Ben Hur.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:21:36 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. unmapped (response to): Ben-Hur → Spartacus. After losing Ben-Hur, speaker says Spartacus is drafting off Douglas's dark man.
    “Yeah. This is drafting off of Kirk Douglas's dark man.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:21:39 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  6. career (career): Jack Huston → Ben-Hur. Huston was up for many things and the one he got was Ben-Hur.
    “the one he got is Ben Hur”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eclipse · 0:58:58 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)