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Meryl Streep’s casting as Aslan has angered the Christian right. Don’t they have more pressing issues?
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. The Guardian UK is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 25 Sept 2026, 11:50 UTC. The headline in use is “Meryl Streep’s casting as Aslan has angered the Christian right. Don’t they have more pressing issues?”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
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The Oscar-winner is voicing Narnia’s wise lion in Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of The Magician’s Nephew, leading to roars of fury from US evangelical commentators It is a confusing time to be alive, given how often these days Hollywood indulges in revisionism. Who knew that the Wicked Witch of the West…
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