Oh, I hear it was a Lutern church, and they used a trebuchet to scatter lutefisk and lefse over da neighborhood. :^)
Bike Bubba - 10:03am on 03/20/2008
The group was obviously ripped off from that Devils Lake outfit in the alleged documentary, “Jesus Camp.”
Pomerdorgrad - 10:03am on 03/20/2008
Dick West, the Law and Order producer, is notorious as a soft-spoken but ever-so-insistent liberal.
The show has gone downhill some since the departure of Fred D. Thompson as the improbable “good ol’ boy” District Attorney, and the passing of Jerry Orbach, whose “Lenny Briscoe” character was the greatest smart-ass in the history of television.
Bat One - 10:03am on 03/20/2008
I used to watch, but it got way too easy to figure out whodunnit. It was always the loving father, devoted priest, hard-working businessman, etc., etc. Just spot the most upstanding character in the episode, and you’ve got your perp. Feh.
anonymous - 11:03am on 03/20/2008
The worst part of the episode was where they maligned average everyday Christians, by having a verdict of not guilty. The prosecutor then announces that “his message resonates with Christians”.
Vicious, VICIOUS slander.
Kenny - 11:03am on 03/20/2008
That’s the wonder of Hollywood: if real life doesn’t fit your world view you can just make shit up on screen!
Hoodlumman - 11:03am on 03/20/2008
I do not recall one movie or television show in the past few decades that portrayed Christians or Christian ministers in a good light. Usually, at a minimum they are viewed as bigoted, narrow-minded, judgmental, uptight, thiefs and murderers. So, this is not a shock to me at all, it is par for the liberal media course.
Neiman - 11:03am on 03/20/2008
"7th Heaven” on the WB portrayed a minister very favorably. Ran for years and years.
And occasionally you’ll see a self-sacrificing priest or nun depicted working in the projects on behalf of the poor and abandoned. They’re victims of crime, often.
Pomerdorgrad - 12:03pm on 03/20/2008
they used a trebuchet to scatter lutefisk and lefse over da neighborhood.
I don’t know what to think of that. On the one hand, lutefisk is just pure evil (much like the black lump in the toaster at the end of “Time Bandits"). On the other hand, lefse is the Norwegian version of ambrosia. I guess if the lefse were stale we could consider this a terrorist act.
Back to the subject at hand. I still enjoy “Law & Order,” but the leftward tilt has always been there, even when Fred was on board. For example, just how many non-white perpetrators have there been on the show? On occasion, about every other season, they’ll throw in a black or Arab or Asian perp, but nothing near a representative sample of the population. And, it was last season or the season before that they had 4 different episodes between the original series and SVU (which I call SCU for special conspiracy unit) that riffed on murder to hide a gay and/or drug addicted preacher’s shame (well one had the preacher’s son as gay but the same theme of hiding this hideous fact from a preacher’s congregation). Obviously the writers were ripping from that one obscure outed gay preacher in CO (I think) headline.
Same ol’, same ol’.
kbiel - 12:03pm on 03/20/2008
“7th Heaven” on the WB portrayed a minister very favorably. Ran for years and years.
I didn’t watch it more than a couple of times, but I recall the minister was very, very liberal, homosexuality was portrayed in a favorable light, there was no condemnation of sin and the pastor was a girly man.
Oh, I hear it was a Lutern church, and they used a trebuchet to scatter lutefisk and lefse over da neighborhood. :^)
The group was obviously ripped off from that Devils Lake outfit in the alleged documentary, “Jesus Camp.”
Dick West, the Law and Order producer, is notorious as a soft-spoken but ever-so-insistent liberal.
The show has gone downhill some since the departure of Fred D. Thompson as the improbable “good ol’ boy” District Attorney, and the passing of Jerry Orbach, whose “Lenny Briscoe” character was the greatest smart-ass in the history of television.
I used to watch, but it got way too easy to figure out whodunnit. It was always the loving father, devoted priest, hard-working businessman, etc., etc. Just spot the most upstanding character in the episode, and you’ve got your perp. Feh.
The worst part of the episode was where they maligned average everyday Christians, by having a verdict of not guilty. The prosecutor then announces that “his message resonates with Christians”.
Vicious, VICIOUS slander.
That’s the wonder of Hollywood: if real life doesn’t fit your world view you can just make shit up on screen!
I do not recall one movie or television show in the past few decades that portrayed Christians or Christian ministers in a good light. Usually, at a minimum they are viewed as bigoted, narrow-minded, judgmental, uptight, thiefs and murderers. So, this is not a shock to me at all, it is par for the liberal media course.
"7th Heaven” on the WB portrayed a minister very favorably. Ran for years and years.
And occasionally you’ll see a self-sacrificing priest or nun depicted working in the projects on behalf of the poor and abandoned. They’re victims of crime, often.
I don’t know what to think of that. On the one hand, lutefisk is just pure evil (much like the black lump in the toaster at the end of “Time Bandits"). On the other hand, lefse is the Norwegian version of ambrosia. I guess if the lefse were stale we could consider this a terrorist act.
Back to the subject at hand. I still enjoy “Law & Order,” but the leftward tilt has always been there, even when Fred was on board. For example, just how many non-white perpetrators have there been on the show? On occasion, about every other season, they’ll throw in a black or Arab or Asian perp, but nothing near a representative sample of the population. And, it was last season or the season before that they had 4 different episodes between the original series and SVU (which I call SCU for special conspiracy unit) that riffed on murder to hide a gay and/or drug addicted preacher’s shame (well one had the preacher’s son as gay but the same theme of hiding this hideous fact from a preacher’s congregation). Obviously the writers were ripping from that one obscure outed gay preacher in CO (I think) headline.
Same ol’, same ol’.
I didn’t watch it more than a couple of times, but I recall the minister was very, very liberal, homosexuality was portrayed in a favorable light, there was no condemnation of sin and the pastor was a girly man.