Don’t even think about airing a cartoon about Jesus. That’s the message an absurdly large coalition of Christian groups are sending Comedy Central in response to the announcement that it has greenlighted a show called JC. Now, these religious leaders haven’t actually seen it yet. In fact, Comedy Central is not yet shooting the series and hasn’t even come forward with a premiere date yet. But apparently conservatives have nothing better to do than try to stop a cable channel from producing a show that may or may not ever air.
Assuming it ever sees the light of day, JC would feature its title character moving to modern-day New York in an attempt to flee his video game-obsessed dad. (And you thought your parents had high expectations!) According to Comedy Central, the show’s tone is “a playful take on religion and society with a sprinkle of dumb.”
The whole thing sounds fairly lighthearted and harmless to us, but to Christianity’s least reasonable TV watchdogs, there’s nothing “playful” about faith. In fact, they’re so angry that they’ve formed a new organization: With Brent Bozell (president, Media Research Center), Bill Donohue (president, Catholic League), Michael Medved (talk radio host), Tony Perkins (president, Family Research Council), Rabbi Daniel Lapin (American Alliance of Jews and Christians) and Parents Television Council president Tim Winter’s powers combined, they are… Coalition Against Religious Bigotry! (You know, unless that religion is Islam!)
Observation #1: Um, not in our name, rabbi. Let’s leave the Jewish people out of this one, shall we?
Observation #2: Let the lo-CARB jokes begin.
As for the fact that the show hasn’t even been fully fleshed out yet, that doesn’t seem to bother CARB. “After we reveal the vile and offensive nature of Comedy Central’s previous characterizations of Jesus Christ and God the Father, we expect these advertisers to agree wholeheartedly to end their advertising on Comedy Central and discontinue their support for unabashed, anti-Christian discrimination,” said Bozell, according to TV Squad. “Why should they be supporting a business that makes a habit of attacking Christianity and yet has a formal policy to censor anything considered offensive to followers of Islam? This double standard is pure bigotry, one from which advertisers should quickly shy away.”
Bozell declined to comment further on free expression, why it’s good that fundamentalist Christians don’t threaten to kill TV show creators (abortion doctors, however, are another issue altogether), or what exactly is great about this diverse and opinionated country we call the United States of America. Meanwhile, a comment from Comedy Central programming head Kent Alterman suggests that CARB’s superfriends may be gifted with the power of clairvoyance. Asked to respond to the protest, Alterman told the Hollywood Reporter, “We don’t even know what the show is yet.”
Comments (9)
Hilarious article. I’m not sure what’s the bigger laugh: this group forming a collation against programming they don’t like or the author of this article getting her Whitey tighties in a bunch because they formed one and implying this is religious extremism.
Darling, there is a difference between finding something hilarious and “getting… Whitey tighties in a bunch.” Also, underwear is kind of personal, “byron,” n’est’ce pas?
Byron-
I don’t know what is the bigger laugh, that the religious fundamentalists are getting their ‘whitey tighties’ in a bunch, or that you think the writer of the article is the one getting his ‘whitey tighties’ in a bunch for reporting it.
why not do a show making muslims look like idiots and doing whatever they wanted to have Jesus doing and see how long it would take the comedy central bunch, the muslim community and the politicians in d.c. to stop the program and make a bigger protest than anyone has seen in ages. it has nothing to do w/underwear being bunched up…it has to do with little quality in the entertainment business and folks wanting to step on toes just because they want to force their opinions at everyone but are not as open to the opinions of others. research norman lears comments about what would happen to television….he was so right and that was many years ago. garbage is cheaper to produce than quality and seems easier to find the smaller minds to do it.
Lighten UP
I like to sit back with the pop corn and read about Jews, Muslims and Christians killing each other and making America a better place one dead religious nutjob at a time……………..
The Christian faith has been ridiculed since the birth of Jesus. Nero used Christians as human torches to light his garden. Christians are still being kidnapped and killed almost daily in Sudan and other countries while politicians turn a blind eye! Millions of Christians were killed along side their Jewish friends in the holocaust. Comedy Centrals decision to slam Christianity is only a display of how SAFE these Cowards feel. Comedy Central does not feel Safe if they slam the muslim religion! Comedy Central is all about making money and wanting to live past the episode to spend it! The record proves Christians didn’t blow up, attack or even threaten, when some so called artist wants to pee or defecate on religious artifacts or every time we see another “gay, adulterous” Jesus movie, book or play! Although Comedy Central is doing this because they feel safe, the publics acceptance of this one sided hatred is not fair and Christians must take a stand to change it! Have you ever wondered how a whole society of people could just idly sit by and watch their neighbors get rounded up and used as human torches or taken to gas chambers? It starts with being complacent. Accepting this hatred and eventually these people you hate are less than human! Please sign the Petition Opposing Comedy Central’s New Faith Bashing Show and the Anti-Christian Double Standard!
Sign Petition against Comedy Central Anti-Christian Double Standard http://www.mrcaction.org/555/petition.asp?Ref_ID=3457&CID=555&RID=24550778
I came across a new book called There Is Only One Hell
Available at http://www.thereisonlyonehell.com
It chronicles two criminals and their conversion to Islam and subsequent soldier’s of Islam
The book teaches the basic tenets of Islam which in essence is peace through violence and the global community to Islam.
Each christian should read this book or be at least familiar with the goals of Islam and just not rely on the news media which does not routinely address this topic.
So, we as christians know our faith, we should learn what Islam teaches because it at first teaches peace until in power when they act in violence.
Thank you.
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