Yul Brynner Centennial: "The Ten Commandments"

by Eric Blume
Back in the day, Cecil B. DeMille’s epic The Ten Commandments received an annual Easter airing in network prime-time, much the way The Wizard of Oz and other family classics would be broadcast annually with much fanfare, delivering consistently high ratings each year (remember: only three network options!). I feel like I saw The10Cs multiple times when I was a little kid, each year mesmerized by its massive sweep, colossal size, and amazing special effects.
Revisiting the film for the first time as an adult, in honor of Yul Brynner’s Centennial, wowza is it a howler...