We knew that Kathy Griffin was going to guest star on the award winning show “Glee” as a Sarah Palin-esque character. But I guess the makers of the show decided that wasn’t offending enough of the country because they made Griffin’s character overtly homophobic as well.
And then they decided that they still hadn’t offended enough people so they decided to take a nasty swipe at Catholics too by having a character who was a stripper/nun who’s only a nun because she needed a place to live. Nice.
And I love how the stripper/nun says, “I’m pretty liberal for a nun.” Ha! The writers of the show clearly haven’t met some of our nuns.
This little clip is the most I’ve seen of this show but after watching this one scene I’ve gotta’ wonder how on earth has this won awards. It looks terrible. Do they really just give awards to whichever show advances their agenda the most?
HT Newsbusters
March 17, 2011 at 3:21 pm
That's awful…But I stopped watching the show long ago because it always has been offensive and completely lacking in morals.
March 17, 2011 at 3:29 pm
Happy St Patrick's Day – I like the green touch. At first I thought you guys were going 'environmental', but then I remembered what today is.
March 17, 2011 at 3:39 pm
This show seems like it's just trash. I've seen previews for it while watching other shows on Fox OnDemand and I concluded then that advancing some agenda eclipsed any high-ideals of a great television show.
Unfortunately, I've read that there is a surge of high schoolers responding to Glee by joining clubs like it at their schools. So, our high schoolers are just soakin' this stuff in under the guise of "a love of music".
March 17, 2011 at 4:06 pm
"Latest big show with rave reviews for how wonderfully fun and sweet and light hearted it is turns out to be the usual liberal bull yet again. Following story, breaking news! Water is wet!"
March 17, 2011 at 4:15 pm
I thought that I heard that the creator or the writer of the show was Catholic and that he had won some Catholic media award in the past. I used to watch it but this season it has gotten so sexualized or offensive that I have stopped watching and will not be returning to it at all.
This is a totally tiresome show where they feel that they will attract viewers by attacking Catholics. Not very original in my opinion.
As a side note though, I have to say that there is at least one show out there on main stream television that actually puts Catholics in a positive light, Blue Bloods. Granted it is about a family of cops and one of the brothers who does questionable things from time to time. Yet it does put Catholics in a good light. I was pretty critical and thought that this would end up being a show that attacks Catholics (like so many) but I have really enjoyed it. There was one episode that incorporated confession at the end that showed confession as it truly is, a liberating experience.
March 17, 2011 at 5:10 pm
Several weeks ago someone commented on an FB of a friend of mine something to the effect of: "Glee is the worst thing to happen to humanity, including cancer." As a cancer survivor, I can speak from experience: he's absolutely right. Glee is worse than cancer.
March 17, 2011 at 5:20 pm
Umnnnhhh….
Who is Kathy Griffin?
March 17, 2011 at 5:31 pm
Anon,
Bluebloods is pretty good. The first few episodes when they mentioned their Catholicism I braced for impact but it was all done respectfully. Good show.
Who'd a thunk I'd like a show with one of the New Kids on the Block?
March 17, 2011 at 7:02 pm
I've not watched the show myself, but I know it has also bothered several people in wheelchairs for its "able-bodied view" of people with disabilities (that we all feel "trapped" in our wheelchairs, etc…).
March 17, 2011 at 8:31 pm
They couldn't get someone pretty and/or funny to play the Sarah Palin character?
March 18, 2011 at 1:06 am
I commented on another post that I used to blog for a Glee site but pulled out after my reviews became increasingly negative. I watched this entire episode and am now pulling out my viewership. While the songs are well-performed, it is not worth it at all. Not at all.
March 18, 2011 at 11:50 am
My husband and I are active in youth ministry and heard a lot about this show from the kids. My opinion is that something very popular in society is probably something to stay away from (I'm a bit of a cynic) so I had no desire to see it. My husband watched an episode last year and came away wondering what all the excitement was about. Just another liberal, agenda-driven show. Always seems we are plugging along uphill since shows like this wear away at kids' innocence and desire for something better. But plug along we do! Souls are at stake!!
Sharon
March 18, 2011 at 9:14 pm
Is it any wonder people are confused?
Here is a show that goes totally against the Church's teaching on sexuality, and yet it gets an award from a "Catholic" media group. Just yesterday, I heard the show's writer/creator being interviewed and fawned over by the host of the Busted Halo Show on The Catholic Channel, which is sponsored by the Archdiocese of New York! We teach one thing, and then laud a show that goes against our teaching- what the heck?
March 19, 2011 at 2:18 am
OMG. at least refuse in the convent got the nun to stay off the "pole"!