Disgraceful new sitcom coming to ABC

Billy86

fran17 wrote: »

Looks like someone is looking for a cameo role in season 2 already.Not that this trash will get one.

Well, given the world hasn't collapsed in on itself with the introduction of gay marriage, at least we know Nodin should be around for it.

DoYouEvenLift

Would love to see the reactions of some of the posters ITT and people in general if this show was about Muslims lol

Billy86

Old Jakey wrote: »

Yeah Christianity is an easy target in American TV and film, Christians usually being shown as bible thumping rednecks. Funny how other religions don't get the same treatment...

You must have missed the careers of Woody Allen, Mel Brooks, Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld, etc.

I also don't remember there being a thread on Halal in the Family/The Qu'osby Show when that came out in April...

Billy86

old_aussie wrote: »

They were going to do an islamic one, but no one wanted to die laughing

Aasif Mandvi seems alive and well to me?

Billy86

Deleted User wrote: »

Curb Your Enthusiasm had a number of storylines based on Judaism, and ones that really pushed the envelope, the sex offender at the Seder, where the Holocaust survivor meets the Survivor tv show participant, having sex with a Palestinian woman, being overheard calling his wife Hitler etc. etc. etc.

Jerry Seinfeld, Woody Allen, sheesh if anything Jews showed a marked ability to laugh at themselves. One show and the Catholics are seething...

It's like the famine sitcom that was brought up a few months ago, AH posters are funny in terms of how many bleet on about "just telling it like it is", "you don't like it, don't watch/read/listen", "don't try to criticise my free speech" etc.

But as soon as anything, even remotely controversial, strikes remotely close to home... oh then it's completely different! :pac:

eviltwin

DoYouEvenLift wrote: »

Would love to see the reactions of some of the posters ITT and people in general if this show was about Muslims lol

I'd feel the same. Don't like it don't watch. I think most Catholics can take it.

Capt'n Midnight

old_aussie wrote: »

Who?

Who controls the British crown?
Who keeps the metric system down?
We do, we do!

Who keeps Atlantis off the maps?
Who keeps the Martians under wraps?
We do, we do!

Who holds back the electric car?
Who makes Steve Guttenberg a star?
We do, we do!

Who robs cavefish of their sight?
Who rigs every Oscar night?
We do!
We do!!!

Billy86

crockholm wrote: »

There does appear to be something a bit iffy with how Irish American Catholics are portrayed,The Gallaghers in US Shameless,The Griffins from Family Guy,the Black Donnellys amongst others.There is definitely a list of who you can safely stereotype on American TV and I.A.C. are on that list with WASPs,Italian-Americans,Poor white southerners,Evangelicals among others.

Larry David may be able to poke fun at his own tribe,but would the show be less accecptable if it contained the same humour yet was formulated by a gentile crew? Ditto with Chappelles show and The Boondoncks-would white or black people be so comfortable if it was white script writers lampooning and making fun of Black culture?

Many don't like it,but in my opinion "South Park"is the only equal opportunities satirie on prime time US TV,I think that is all people are saying regards this new show.

Family Guy - Seth MacFarlane is from Connecticut, raised a Catholic, and of Irish/Scottish/English descent

The Black Donnellys - Paul Haggis was raised a Catholic (before becoming an atheist, then a Scientologist, then an atheist again) and is from London, Ontario which is over 70% of Irish/Scottish/English descent.

US Shameless - John Wells is of Irish/English/Scottish descent, and is Episcopalian (which describes itself as 'Protestant, yet Catholic' - whatever that means?), so more of a tenuous link - but it was also transplanted from a show based in Manchester which obviously has a massive Irish/Catholic community (couldn't find much about it's creator Paul Abbott's history though, apart from that he grew up in surroundings pretty similar to that of the show).

This show - Dan Savage is gay (did that "It Gets Better" campaign a few years back, which suggests to me he didn't have the easiest time with it growing up), was raised in Chaicago as a Catholic and when to a school he described as "a Catholic high school in Chicago for boys thinking of becoming priests."





That said, I'm pretty sure all of these shows and the other ones you mentioned had writers involved who were black, white, Asian, brown, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Atheist or whatever.

bnt

I can't see YouTube videos at the moment, so I had to go searching just to find out what the title of the sitcom is. Search Google for "anti-catholic sitcom" ...OK, it's called "The Real O'Neals". Looks non-controversial, not going to do anything that Mom hasn't already done better (and louder).

RobertKK

Sounds like a sitcom made with a chip on one's shoulder.

Links234

DoYouEvenLift wrote: »

Would love to see the reactions of some of the posters ITT and people in general if this show was about Muslims lol

Go watch this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew-SrlQ9tlI

Bubbaclaus

Is it as disgraceful as the catholic church's major cover up of child sex abuse though?

RobertKK

Bubbaclaus wrote: »

Is it as disgraceful as the catholic church's major cover up of child sex abuse though?

Depends if the BBC show it...Sinn Fein are too busy speaking for the IRA to have time to have an opinion whether this is disgraceful.

the_syco

Do you have a review of the movie that doesn't include someone who represents a cult who likes to move around pedophiles to maximize damage and get the kids to swear that they'll tell no-one?

Andersonisgod

The priest in the OP video was busy, over the course of a 2 minute clip he was part priest, part TV critic, part psychologist.

Billy86

RobertKK wrote: »

Sounds like a sitcom made with a chip on one's shoulder.

Hardly surprising given that a lot of comedy (and a lot of the best comedy) is best described as 'criticism masked as entertainment'.

DarkyHughes

Fred Savage? I love The Wonder Years. Can't ABC just show repeats of that instead? I mean don't get me wrong I love bashing religion as much as the next guy especially Catholics but that Winnie Cooper is just such a fox, those sexy tanned legs brrrrrrrrrrawr.

DanielODonnell

Bubbaclaus wrote: »

Is it as disgraceful as the catholic church's major cover up of child sex abuse though?

That's like blaming the GAA for a few players having a mass brawl

endacl

The Randy Riverbeast wrote: »

Some people dont like generic US sitcom. Not the first, not the last.

Im waiting for a certain comment to come up in this thread though.

Something about 'blasting'? We're not allowed any more.

The Randy Riverbeast

DanielODonnell wrote: »

That's like blaming the GAA for a few players having a mass brawl

If the GAA players were attacking people and the management tried to cover it up by sending players to other teams then sure.

The_Valeyard

Looks Sh*te.


Doubt it will even run a full season.

Much more looking forward to the show 'Lucifer' which is pissing off evangelical moms.

DEFTLEFTHAND

DarkyHughes wrote: »

Fred Savage? I love The Wonder Years. Can't ABC just show repeats of that instead? I mean don't get me wrong I love bashing religion as much as the next guy especially Catholics but that Winnie Cooper is just such a fox, those sexy tanned legs brrrrrrrrrrawr.

You shouldn't bash anybody Darky, especially your own people. You can criticise and mock the religious but don't cross over the line and become a hate monger.

DanielODonnell

The Randy Riverbeast wrote: »

If the GAA players were attacking people and the management tried to cover it up by sending players to other teams then sure.

I don't know any paedophile priests, just the odd alcoholic priest, the media is anti Catholic don't forget

Dyr

frostyjacks wrote: »

We all know who runs the TV and film industry in America.

Protestants :mad:

mordeith

DanielODonnell wrote: »

I don't know any paedophile priests,

If you were 12 you'd probably know plenty

DanielODonnell

mordeith wrote: »

If you were 12 you'd probably know plenty

My father was an alter boy in the late 60s and a few old school friends were alter servers as youngsters and never encountered any paedophile priests.

DeadHand

DanielODonnell wrote: »

My father was an alter boy in the late 60s and a few old school friends were alter servers as youngsters and never encountered any paedophile priests.

There is no way you can say that for sure.

I've never met a person I was aware is a pedophile but it is likely I've met several.

DEFTLEFTHAND

DanielODonnell wrote: »

My father was an alter boy in the late 60s and a few old school friends were alter servers as youngsters and never encountered any paedophile priests.

I was one too for a year, I found it really boring but the priests were decent and always gave us a few quid each week. The Canon however had a real short fuse, you would be terrified serving with him in case you made a mistake.

jaymcg91

DanielODonnell wrote: »

My father was an alter boy in the late 60s and a few old school friends were alter servers as youngsters and never encountered any paedophile priests.

So they've told (or not) you.

When the Sun Hits

People getting offended over nothing once again.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

When the Sun Hits wrote: »

People getting offended over nothing once again.

That's the whole point of the thread. Sometimes I fell left out because I've nothing to be offended about.

DanielODonnell

18591 posts, God save us you're evenings are well spent Princess

Kev W

DanielODonnell wrote: »

My father was an alter boy in the late 60s and a few old school friends were alter servers as youngsters and never encountered any paedophile priests.

I've never encountered Charlize Theron, I don't deny her existence.

Kev W

DanielODonnell wrote: »

18591 posts, God save us you're evenings are well spent Princess

That's over the course of nine and a half years. Fairly moderate really.

FloatingVoter

DarkyHughes wrote: »

Fred Savage? I love The Wonder Years. Can't ABC just show repeats of that instead? I mean don't get me wrong I love bashing religion as much as the next guy especially Catholics but that Winnie Cooper is just such a fox, those sexy tanned legs brrrrrrrrrrawr.

That's why you failed Advanced Ecumenism in Maynooth, Darky. You were meant to be perving the boys not the girls.
And you were so promising at robbing the collection baskets to pay for drink.

Huntergonzo

Doesn't look great so I probably won't be watching but catholic's taking offence to it is a bit cringe worthy, just get over yourselves, it's a comedy show on ABC ffs!

DanielODonnell

Kev W wrote: »

That's over the course of nine and a half years. Fairly moderate really.

I was making a joke as he had commented that he had nothing to be offended by and I tried to offend him but that is Roman Catholic humour

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

DanielODonnell wrote: »

18591 posts, God save us you're evenings are well spent Princess

Well, I've tried - Lord knows, I've tried - but I keep seeing the artisitc motives behind the damn things. I know I'm not supposed to. I know I'm supposed to be outraged and not pay the slightest bit of concern to the storyline or the acting or whatever, but I just can't stop myself.

Can you give me some advice?

wakka12

If you're catholic and pretending to be offended by the airing of this show I think you need to go find a nice hobby to pass the time because all this keyboard fighting is probably stressing you out

Kev W

DanielODonnell wrote: »

I was making a joke as he had commented that he had nothing to be offended by and I tried to offend him but that is Roman Catholic humour

If that's Roman Catholic humour thank Christ I'm an atheist.

ancapailldorcha

OP, why have you decided to raise awareness of this programme most people had no idea existed prior to clicking on this thread?

wakka12

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

OP, why have you decided to raise awareness of this programme most people had no idea existed prior to clicking on this thread?

He was just so outraged by the unquestioned bigotry that he felt he needed to tell us all

ancapailldorcha

wakka12 wrote: »

He was just so outraged by the unquestioned bigotry that he felt he needed to tell us all

And save them a portion of their marketing budget in the process.

DanielODonnell

As I thought others would have been outraged too but there are no Christians here it seems

Nodin

DanielODonnell wrote: »

As I thought others would have been outraged too but there are no Christians here it seems

There are, but they might be the wrong kind.

wakka12

DanielODonnell wrote: »

As I thought others would have been outraged too but there are no Christians here it seems

Im a Christian but I can take a joke

DanielODonnell

Nodin wrote: »

There are, but they might be the wrong kind.

Don't talk to me about that sort

efb

Doesn't Big Bang mercilessly poke fun at religion? Judaism, Hindu and Christianty???

efb

What Christian Network did that review???

efb

Courtesy Flush wrote: »

Thats very true
I cant imagine there would be a sitcom on US TV making fun at Judaism

Big Bang fairly lampoons it