i dont get it???


this mite be a stupid question but i dont get in 'go go go joseph' who the hippy guy with the long beard at the end is suppose to be??

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I don't get it, either, but I did notice that someone with an Indian (from India) name was given special mention in the credits, so he must be well-known to somebody, but maybe it was in Europe or England.

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I think he's just a random prisoner wondering who they're all talking about. ;)

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This is the dead narrator isn't it? The one that viewers can see but not the people in the film.
Speaking of which... Do you know any other films that use this device? Need to find an example for work.

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"This is the dead narrator isn't it? The one that viewers can see but not the people in the film. "



The narrator is a woman.

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At first I thought the man in white was an image of Jacob that Joseph was having while in jail. However, after thinking about it, the man also could be a representation of the classic Christian God with the white beard and robes.

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I don't know that he is supposed to be anybody in particular. Remember, that scene is with 60's music and 60's go-go dancers. Listening to music and mystics from India was really popular in the 60's, so the guy from India was just another symbol of the 60's pop culture.

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youre definitley right i mean ive spent years trying to figur that out! They are making him seem like the main character when really he's this random dude with a funky beared and Aloha neaklesses! it's not a stupid question, it's in the intrest of science {i hate science} but u no what i mean. :)

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The reason he looks like Jacob is because he is played by the same actor who plays Jacob, Richard Atenburough. All of the brothers and their wives and Jacob played multiple ensemble characters as well as their own.

As for why he's there? It was one of the hippie looks, right? It's a hippie/go-go type scene. Why not have him there?

All we have to decide is what to do with the time given us - Gandalf, The Lord of the Rings

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"The reason he looks like Jacob is because he is played by the same actor who plays Jacob, Richard Atenburough. All of the brothers and their wives and Jacob played multiple ensemble characters as well as their own."




Not on your life is that "Richard Atenburough". Firstly it looks nothing like him. Secondly he is both taller and thiner than "Richard Atenburough". Thirdly looing at the skin on his arms he is a good bit younger and only made up old.

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The guy with the beard is supposed to be God. When Joseph's in prison, he's literally as low as he can go. This can't get any worse. So he gives up and places his life in God's hands. God sends the baker and butler, which give Joe a chance to interpret, which brings him to Pharoah's notice, which gets him out of jail.

Go, go, go Joseph is about him regaining some of his confidence and faith. Things are about to get better.

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It's not God, it's a Guru, or Maharish, like the Beatles visited in the 60s. If it was God, then the narrator wouldn't have to point out to him that that was "THE Joseph"
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I think the narrator pointing to him is just a kind of gag, rather than an indication that it's not God. Even though this show is very Biblical in nature, it's still very light-hearted & that just adds to it. I think it's God.

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I agree: this has to be the Maharishi, the guru of the Beatles, who introduced Transcendental Meditation. He wore flowing white robes and was generally quite clueless. It's a nod to the "go-go" theme and doesn't appear to have anything to do with the true God of the Bible.

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The first thing that came to my mind was Jerry Garcia. He looked just like him.

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It's God. He's dressed in 60s garb the same way everybody else is.

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In most productions that protray that scene the same way, that person is played by the same actor that plays Jacob. As it is in this movie. musicgal is right above, many people play different characters. But this character is played by Jacob to remind Joseph that his father always beleived in him.

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For the last time it is not played by jacob in this production. It is nothing like "Richard Attenborough".

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Totally agree, of course he's not 'dear, dear Dicky'. BUT, he absolutley is the spitting image of an old hippy guy that hangs around my town and is well know locally. cracks me up every time I see him!

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I would go with him being a represetation of God, then the line "for even though he is in with the God's" makes more litaral sense. I always took it as read that he is just another prisoner but if he isn't i would agree with the above theory :-)

T: What's your position?
P: upright, head turned slightly to the left.
T: Why do I bother??!!

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I'm going to have to agree with "whats_newpussycat" and say it's Father Time. That's what I've always been told who it is.

"Sorry, I don't speak "Rock". Se habla kaboom?" - Big guy

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This character is not God, Father Time or anything else like that.

The character is known as "Guru". In this film, it isn't Richard Attenborough playing the part. There is no credit for him so am guessing it's one of the swings. If you really want to know who he is, I'm sure the people at the Really Useful Group would know.

In the stage shows, whoever plays Jacob usually plays the Guru.

Ase

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In the stage shows, whoever plays Jacob usually plays the Guru.


And Potiphar as well.

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actually that line is "Guards" not "God's"

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