Posted on 03/11/2011 4:18:42 AM PST by Kaslin
Today's installment of the Decline and Fall of Western Civilization comes from Hollywood -- as if that's a surprise. Tinseltown is demeaning Christianity again -- as if that's a surprise, too. But this time, it's not some gutter-mouthed punk. This time, it's a network doing it, formally. ABC has approved a pilot with the title "Good Christian Bitches."
Is this what Christian women -- especially the good ones -- deserve?
The first credit for this decision to offer offensive titles actually goes to CBS, which began this stupid trend with its awful sitcom "(Bleep) My Dad Says." Now one of Discovery's cable channels has a show titled "Who the (Bleep) Did I Marry?" It chronicles women who have married vicious criminals.
But Disney-owned ABC (oh, the irony) has not one, but two B-word pilots in its outhouse of a production department. They're also considering a show titled "Don't Trust the Bitch in Apartment 23."
Mickey Mouse should have his hands over his ears.
This titling trend matches Tinseltown's concerted effort to add profanity "seasoning" to spice nearly every script on network TV shows. On prime-time broadcast TV, use of the B-word alone increased from 431 instances in 1998 to 1,277 in 2007.
If this show wasn't marketed directly at a female audience, the same ones who watch those witch-versus-witch reality shows like the "Real Housewives" shows on Bravo, the B-word would sound more sexist and demeaning. So it's OK to say it because it's become a word women can call each other. Now, if it's used by an angry male, it's a hanging crime. We're talking about something verging on domestic violence.
Might ABC bow to any sense of decency and change the titles before it picks these shows up for the fall? Fugetaboutit. "GCB" is based on a novel by Kim Gatlin, who unsurprisingly stole her own concept from ABC. A divorced mother of two returns to her hometown in the Dallas suburbs, and as Gatlin describes it, "In an Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Desperate Housewives on steroids style, her old friends are already out to destroy her reputation."
So that makes them good Christian bitches.
If this were a CBS pilot, they could just call it "Desperate Housewives: Dallas." (That seems to work for "CSI" and "NCIS.") Gatlin claims the title isn't mocking God -- that it just refers to people who fall more than a little short of good Christian behavior. But she is so fond of the scandalous sound of her sleazy title that her website (using those same words) sells a pile of merchandise with the initials "GCB" and a cross on it, from shirts, caps and tote bags all the way down to overpriced "party packs" of peppermint gum and Styrofoam cups.
Playing on religion -- and these churchgoing female hypocrites -- is all part of the sale. Gatlin also promotes the book this way: "In the whirling midst of salacious gossip, Botox, and fraud, Amanda turns to those who love her and the faith she's always known. Will the (GCBs) get the best of her, or will everyone see that these GCBs are as counterfeit as their travel jewelry?" Then, in big bold letters, Gatlin's slogan says it all: "For Heaven's sake, don't let God get in the way of a good story!"
No one should doubt that it's this author and the "Desperate" TV network who win the gold medal for abusing a religion.
ABC feels free to pick on Christianity -- after all, what faith would your fictional churchgoing hypocrites stereotypically follow in Dallas? No one in Hollywood would consider swapping the "Christian" in the title for "Muslim" -- that would be oafishly cruel, discriminatory and hate-filled, not to mention potentially life-threatening.
How about moving the setting to Beverly Hills and calling it "Good Jewish Bitches"?
Regardless of trashy titles, real faith-filled people don't relish and wallow in the sins and hypocrisies of others. Gatlin's premise cashes in on the gossipy failures of the people in the pews, but for her and her TV partners, this is all a gold mine to exploit. They don't despair about it. They revel in it, like kids in a candy store.
If ABC picks up this pilot, it's very likely that the sour message that will be resonate is that everyone who goes to church, including priests and ministers, can be exposed as a fraud and a counterfeit. That is consistent with Hollywood's long-standing hostility to the faith of its own audience.
How about someone infiltrating a radical terrorist cell, and calling it “Good Muslim Bitches”?
None of my girlfriends use the B-word for each other, however, a homosexual acquaintance uses it for every female he knows and a few of his male ‘friends’. Maybe this is a homosexual thing.
ABC should just come out with a new version of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” and get people really upset. I hear Charlie Sheen is unemployed and might be looking for work.
I find it troubling so many people still watch television at all.
Put down the remote and slowly step away.
Is it any wonder our nation is in the trouble it's in today?
It is time to write ABC ping.
Keep it in perspective. We have Jesus Christ, our savior. They only have Satan and false idols. They aren’t feeding us to lions (yet) and even if they did, we still win in the end. We pray for our enemies and especially everyone who would be influenced by a show like this as we prove that we are better than the show portrays us.
The smartest thing the devil ever did was to convince the world that the doesn’t exist. He feels emboldened these days to “out” himself. That’s his mistake!
I have been noticing a trend on tv lately. There have always been slams written into the script against anything conservative. But lately the attacks are more blatant. My wife used to say I was just imagining this, but now even she can see it. It is right outfront and blatant. Yesterday on “bones” there was a direct slam at sarah palin. It is clear what the objective of hollywood is....
The smartest thing the devil ever did was to convince the world that the doesn’t exist. He feels emboldened these days to “out” himself. That’s his mistake!
Excellent post!
Is Mini-Mouse a good Christian Bitch?
Are all the Disney princesses good Christian bitches, or are they simply bitches? Maybe they’re Christian sluts. I don’t know? Who knows, maybe the Disney princesses are just sluts?
Maybe we should contact the Disney board of directors and inquire about their wives. We could ask if their wives are Christian bitches, or just sluts? We could ask the board members if they still beat their bitchy Christian wives.
Turn off the tv.
Go to the library.
Go to a used book store.
Read articles on-line.
TURN OFF THE TV
The white veil and bouquet are under attack and so are your grandchildren.
My reply on The Huff Post to the clown who wanted us to change the channel instead of pushing our values on them:
I guess you’ll change the channel without complaining when I premiere my test pilots:
“Dumb F**k Liberals”
“Clinton and Me: My Life as a Journalist Giving Blow Jobs”
“Black NBA Players and Their Love Children and the Bitches That Seduced Us”
My new Reality Show: “Expel a Mexican Illegal Immigrant Today”
“Michael Moore: Why I Live in an All-White Community”
Al Gore’s “How to Make $100 Million by Duping Investors”
and the most recent:
Colorado Animal Lovers and their Sex Acts with Sheep and Cows (The user name of the moron was Colorado Animal Lover)
Maybe the Fairness Doctrine needs to be first applied to the Network’s TV stations, not Talk Radio?
When people flush their toilets, the waste goes into the sewers.
Where does the waste go when the sewers flush?
Hollywood.
When I see reports like this on Hollywood, or the TV entertainment industry, what comes to my mind is: “We will not have this man reign over us!” (Luke 19:14)
Even when Jesus was brought before Pilate to be tried; the crowds screamed: “Crucify Him! Crucify Him!” Even though Pilate kept telling them: “I find no fault in this man.”
As to Christian women (women that follow Christ), Jesus was annointed for His death by a woman, that was Mary whose brother was Lazarus.
Then the first person that saw and spoke to our risen Lord was: Mary Magdalene. (John 20:1-18)
What glorious messages for both women and men!
Then we read in Ephesians 5:25: “Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ loved the church, and gave Himself for it.”
No man has ever loved his wife that much; but it should be our purpose and goal before we nmarry them.
The alphabet media is just the publicists for the demonrats.
Ever notice the assults ramp up around Easter and Christmas?
The assaults on the Pope will begin any minute.
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