Spontaneous Musings

So Seinfeld on his publicity tour for the new flick "Frosted", got himself into trouble for proclaiming that PC Culture from the Extreme Left is Ruining TV Comedy

“Nothing really affects comedy. People always need it. They need it so badly and they don’t get it,” Seinfeld said. “It used to be, you would go home at the end of the day, most people would go, ‘Oh, “Cheers” is on. Oh, “MASH” is on. Oh, “Mary Tyler Moore” is on. “All in the Family” is on.’ You just expected, ‘There’ll be some funny stuff we can watch on TV tonight.’ Well, guess what—where is it? This is the result of the extreme left and P.C. crap, and people worrying so much about offending other people.”

Me: Eh, it's on about a million streaming channels, cable channels, the internet, and podcasts? Where have you been?

I have a feeling he wasn't entirely serious - and probably being satirical. Seinfeld's comedy tends to be satirical in nature (as seen in the comedy Seinfeld.)

That said, he has a valid point. ( Read more... )

Christian Right Sent a Petition to Netflix to Cancel Good Omens

Amazon Prime Video has responded to the controversy brewing around its newest show, Good Omens.

The series, based on Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's 1990 fantasy novel of the same name, takes a comedic look at religion. It stars David Tennant and Michael Shannon as a demon and angel, respectively, who join forces to try to prevent the apocalypse. Good Omens' depiction of faith has touched a nerve with the Return to Order campaign, an offshoot of the US Foundation for a Christian Civilization. Over 20,000 people have signed an online petition for Netflix to cancel the series, saying "this is another step to make Satanism appear normal, light and acceptable."

The only issue? Netflix has nothing to do with Good Omens.

News broke of the petition faux pas on Thursday, prompting a number of humorous responses. Gaiman himself tweeted about the controversy, cheekily saying, "This is so beautiful... Promise me you won't tell them?" Eventually, Amazon itself responded to the identity mix-up. "Hey netflix," they tweeted, "we'll cancel Stranger Things if you cancel Good Omens."


Hee Hee. I wonder if they confused Good Omens with Lucifer?

[ETA: So, I read the Twitter thread...and well, people are truly clueless when it comes to reading information on social media or the internet.

Where Netflix UK & Ireland Promises Not to Make Any More Good Omens

My favorite tweets?

Elmo choosing between historical accuracy (rapidly decaying fruit) and aliens (cocaine) with the caption: "Now if someone could please tell the history channel to stop it with all the programs on aliens"). Elmo chooses the cococain (aka aliens).

My other?

"I wish people would stop bashing religious people."

Well, if you didn't make it so easy for us, we wouldn't.

Oh and Amazon's response to Netflix..."Hey, Netflix...we'll cancel Stranger Things if you'll cancel Good Omens".

Meanwhile people are tweeting that people shouldn't tell the crazy Christians about Sabrina or Lucifer (which are by the way much worse).

And others...are well, telling Netflix that it shouldn't cancel Good Omens, and fight for the show, while others are saying it definitely should and Christians have rights too. While the people who are in the know are laughing at these nitwits and trying (without much success) to inform them that it's not Netflix's show. Even Netflix tries to tell them that it's not their show...

It's hilarious.]