Millions of people speak to God, what if God spoke back?
What if God was one of us?
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Trying to make his way home
Joan Osborne's song "One of Us" is the opening song of the drama TV series Joan of Arcadia.
The story about an average 16 year old teenage girl, Joan Girardi living with just a typical ups and down of life and family in a fictional town Arcadia, but having special communication with strange people appeared as young children, teenage boys, elderly ladies, transients or just a passers by introducing themselves as God. God talks to Joan and give specific directions to do things and perform special tasks to correct situations, making her act strange to others and try to keep a normal teenage existence.The show handled religion impressively by being never preachy, authors' personal view is not flaunted and not offensive in the presence of religious themes. The series show the interest in raising questions of faith, do what we believe right and our choices to make a difference in this world.
Joan of Arcadia won many awards and many nominations from Emmy, Humanitaz Prize, People's Choice Award, special the "Best Dramatic Series" for the first season (only few for many TV shows). Completed 2 seasons with 45 episodes, aired from 2003 to 2005 on CBS.
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