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Jopsy Pendragon

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American Christianity is all about influence and raking in donations. From mega-churches to Catholics, it all seems to be a great big parody of the entertainment industry. Audiences gather for stories, music... and pay for it.

And christian 'entertainment' *SUCKS*, it's cringe, it's soggy, it's short-sighted, saccharine and lacking in nuance. Almost always has terrible production value.

So, naturally, rather than invest more to make any of it better... they just want to eliminate the competition so that they have a monopoly on the entertainment sector.

It ain't about morality is about the money.
 

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American Christianity is all about influence and raking in donations. From mega-churches to Catholics, it all seems to be a great big parody of the entertainment industry. Audiences gather for stories, music... and pay for it.

And christian 'entertainment' *SUCKS*, it's cringe, it's soggy, it's short-sighted, saccharine and lacking in nuance. Almost always has terrible production value.

So, naturally, rather than invest more to make any of it better... they just want to eliminate the competition so that they have a monopoly on the entertainment sector.

It ain't about morality is about the money.
Some sharp guy or woman has a chance to make some serious buck writing Christian entertainment that doesn't suck and isn't super cringy.
 

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Some sharp guy or woman has a chance to make some serious buck writing Christian entertainment that doesn't suck and isn't super cringy.
People are making some serious bucks with (literally) god-awful dreck. Nobody's going to make any money providing that idiot market with real art. Actual art would require, for want of a better term, the addition of some salt. That market does not like salt. Not one bit. I mean, Think of The Chirrun(tm)!

What makes art/music/dance interesting:

1) Conflict: The only conflict in their pablum is whether or not the hero/heroine will Find The Lord(tm).
2) Suspense: They always Find The Lord(tm).
3) Problems Too Big to Solve: Ain't nothin' The Lord(tm) can't solve.
4) Clashing World Views: Only as cartoonish "bad guys." Can't have any of those alternate POV's sounding appealing! Think of The Chirrun!(tm)
5) Sex: Yeah, no. Only exists as veiled references to current Temptation* (see #3 above) or, pretty much for males only, Past Bad Thing I Thought About or Maybe Did but From Which I Have Now 100% Reformed (see #2 above.)

* Does not refer to any past or current member of Motown's The Temptations unless otherwise specified. Do not think of chirrun That Way (unless you are a pastor, junior pastor, or music pastor.) Pipes, clamps, and welded parts extra.

Ladies and gentlemen, The Temptations!

 

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People are making some serious bucks with (literally) god-awful dreck. Nobody's going to make any money providing that idiot market with real art. Actual art would require, for want of a better term, the addition of some salt. That market does not like salt. Not one bit. I mean, Think of The Chirrun(tm)!

What makes art/music/dance interesting:

1) Conflict: The only conflict in their pablum is whether or not the hero/heroine will Find The Lord(tm).
2) Suspense: They always Find The Lord(tm).
3) Problems Too Big to Solve: Ain't nothin' The Lord(tm) can't solve.
4) Clashing World Views: Only as cartoonish "bad guys." Can't have any of those alternate POV's sounding appealing! Think of The Chirrun!(tm)
5) Sex: Yeah, no. Only exists as veiled references to current Temptation* (see #3 above) or, pretty much for males only, Past Bad Thing I Thought About or Maybe Did but From Which I Have Now 100% Reformed (see #2 above.)

* Does not refer to any past or current member of Motown's The Temptations unless otherwise specified. Do not think of chirrun That Way (unless you are a pastor, junior pastor, or music pastor.) Pipes, clamps, and welded parts extra.

Ladies and gentlemen, The Temptations!

Yes. Not only does their taste in media exclude anything fun, it also requires that you add in a lot of references to their mythology, which will crowd out anything fun that is sufficiently clean.
 

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I was thinking a more subversive strategy, introducing oh, say, the Sermon on the Mount, duty of hospitality, forgiveness, mercy, duty to assist both the stranger and the suffering, you know, all the odd bits they've conveniently forgotten about. Tie it all up in a mystery-thriller so they don't have to endure the "uncomfortable" sexuality bit while keeping their interest. Maybe some historical bits too, like Jesus wasn't English or American. Shocking, quite you know. Like a Dan Brown thriller subversively feeding them the social gospel.
 

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and it costs a fortune
 

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I do enjoy me some pseudo-Christian themed entertainment. Preacher, Warrior Nun, Good Omens, Prophesy, The Order, Constantine, and so on.

But they certainly don't stick to cannon. ;)
 
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Father Brown is pretty decent if you've caught any of the Brit mysteries, and he stays pretty much in character. There's some new stuff for him right recently but it's full of shite, but the regular TV series did a pretty decent job for cozy mysteries.
 

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I do enjoy me some pseudo-Christian themed entertainment. Preacher, Warrior Nun, Good Omens, Prophesy, The Order, Constantine, and so on.

But they certainly don't stick to cannon. ;)
I was always a big fan of Neon Genesis Evangelion, which feels like one of the few things that sort of has "biblically accurate angels."
 
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