Colbert Reimagines ‘The Ten Commandments’ as a Coronavirus Warning to Moses (Video)

It’s classic cinema, but with “Tiger King” references

On the latest “A Late Show,” the quarantining-at-home version of “The Late Show,” Stephen Colbert reimagined “The Ten Commandments” as a coronavirus warning to talk about the issue of churches refusing to obey shelter-in-place guidelines during the pandemic.

The clip begins with news footage about churches that will hold fill worship services despite the elevated risk of COVID-19 exposure in close quarters. Then it switches to the burning bush scene from the 1956 classic film starring Charlton Heston, with Heston’s dialogue edited for context but otherwise unchanged, and all new dialogue for God.

“I know I already gave you the Ten Commandments, but there’s one more thing.

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