Select Christians are very displeased with comedian Larry David and the latest episode of his HBO show, Curb Your Enthusiasm.
In the episode, Larry’s character accidentally urinates on a painting of Jesus. Because he’s taking a pill that makes his urine exit the body more, umm, forcefully, it splashes onto the painting giving it the appearance of a tear on Jesus’ face. Other characters think its a miracle after seeing the “tear” and hilarity ensues.
We think it’s pretty funny but Deal Hudson of InsideCatholic.com isn’t laughing. He says:
“Why is it that people are allowed to publicly show that level of disrespect for Christian symbols? If the same thing was done to a symbol of any other religions — Jewish or Muslim — there’d be a huge outcry. It’s simply not a level playing field. Somebody should [apologize]. When is it going to stop? When is common sense going to dictate that people realize this willingness of artists to do to Christianity what they would never do to Judaism or Islam?”
As expected HBO responded to the controversy. They say:
“Anyone who follows Curb Your Enthusiasm knows that the show is full of parody and satire. Larry David makes fun of everyone, most especially himself. The humor is always playful and certainly never malicious.”
It’s true! If anyone is the butt of the joke on Curb, it’s almost always Larry! Bill Donohue of the Catholic league begs the question: “Would he think it’s comedic if someone urinated on a picture of his mother.”
Actually, in the context of a television episode, we think he would!
Lighten up!
[Image via WENN.]
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