A teenage girl is visited by God, disguised as everyday people, and is given assignments and tasks that eventually have a positive outcome on people's lives.A teenage girl is visited by God, disguised as everyday people, and is given assignments and tasks that eventually have a positive outcome on people's lives.A teenage girl is visited by God, disguised as everyday people, and is given assignments and tasks that eventually have a positive outcome on people's lives.
- Nominated for 4 Primetime Emmys
- 10 wins & 26 nominations total
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- TriviaShow creator Barbara Hall wrote a list of guidelines for the writers, which she called "The Ten Commandments of Joan of Arcadia". These "commandments" are:
- 1. God cannot directly intervene.
- 2. Good and evil exist.
- 3. God can never identify one religion as being right.
- 4. The job of every human being is to fulfill his or her true nature.
- 5. Everyone is allowed to say "no" to God, including Joan.
- 6. God is not bound by time. This is a human concept.
- 7. God is not a person and does not possess a human personality.
- 8. God talks to everyone all the time in different ways.
- 9. God's plan is what is good for us, not what is good for him.
- 10. God's purpose for talking to Joan, and everyone, is to get her (us) to recognize the interconnectedness of all things - i.e., you cannot hurt a person without hurting yourself; all of your actions have consequences; God can be found in the smallest actions; God expects us to learn and grow from all our experiences. However, the exact nature of God is a mystery, and the mystery can never be solved.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 61st Annual Golden Globe Awards (2004)
- SoundtracksOne of Us
(aka "What if God was One of Us?")
(Title Song)
Written by Eric Bazilian
Performed by Joan Osborne
Featured review
What if God was one of us?
"Joan of Arcadia" is probably the only show I've ever seen that actually makes me think. What if God actually took bodies of real people that you knew and than spoke to you? With that in mind you'd probably be nice to every person you came into contact with.
But with that aside it makes me think as well as being entertaining. It's somewhat like the book except I don't think she gets burned to death in the end. Joan doing good deeds is nice to see, and plus she's just a normal teenager... she just happens to be in contact with God at unexpected times. And it's not just centered around Joan and her encounters with God, it's also about her family.
I for one really like this show and I hope they'll keep making episodes of it.
But with that aside it makes me think as well as being entertaining. It's somewhat like the book except I don't think she gets burned to death in the end. Joan doing good deeds is nice to see, and plus she's just a normal teenager... she just happens to be in contact with God at unexpected times. And it's not just centered around Joan and her encounters with God, it's also about her family.
I for one really like this show and I hope they'll keep making episodes of it.
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- speedemon
- Feb 19, 2004
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- Le monde de Joan
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- 1816 1/2 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA(Skylight book store)
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