''The First Temptation of Christ'' ( pt, A Primeira Tentação de Cristo) is a 2019 Brazilian satirical

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produced by the

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Porta dos Fundos Porta dos Fundos (literally "Back Door") is a Brazilian comedy YouTube channel. It was established in 2012 by Fábio Porchat, Antonio Pedro Tabet, Gregório Duvivier, João Vicente de Castro and Ian SBF in Rio de Janeiro. Its videos often fea ...

. It was released on

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on 3 December 2019.

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Jesus returns home after 40 days in the desert, where a surprise 30th birthday party awaits him. At the party, Mary and Joseph reveal to Jesus that his true father is God.

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The

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has faced backlash over its satirical depictions, which imply Jesus has a gay lover and Mary smokes marijuana. Over 2 million people have petitioned online for the show's removal and advocated boycotts of Netflix over "blasphemy"; the creators maintain the protests are homophobic. On 24 December 2019, the headquarters of Porta dos Fundos in

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was bombed with two

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s. A Brazilian Integralist religious extremist group calling themselves the "Popular Nationalist Insurgency Command of the Large Brazilian Integralist Family" claimed responsibility for the bombing, even filming themselves attacking the offices while wearing ski masks; the group also criticized Netflix and labeled ''The First Temptation of Christ'' as

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. In January 2020,

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, the president of the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil, intervened on the attempted censorship of the film, overruling a judge from the Rio de Janeiro Court of Justice who ordered the film's withdrawal from the streaming platform.

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