Crapping Rainbows: TV and the New Normal

(Forgive my crass title, but do understand that the expression I was actually thinking of is worse. And of course, forgive my sarcasm. And understand that this is SATIRE! Those of you who are easily offended might want to skip this one altogether.)

I think I’ll write a screenplay for a new television show. I already know the formula that works these days. I won’t even have to come up with a clever story. It’s all about the characters.

The main one will obviously be a POC. (Because everyone knows all white people are Evil!) And a woman. #metoo right? And of course, she’ll be a lesbian, (“not that there’s anything wrong with that” according to Seinfeld). Or wait, maybe she needs to be trans? And if so, she’ll have to be played by a trans actor. Actress? Actor? Transactor? Transformer?

Her (His?) friends will naturally have to fully represent the entire LBGTQABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ community. I know the cast is getting rather large, but don’t worry, we’ll find a way to squeeze in a few Muslim characters and some illegal aliens, I mean, undocumented citizens. The setting will be a small town in Anywhere, USA, because everyone knows this is the new normal. If IRL, you don’t live in a place like this, you have probably grown up in one of those White Supremacist settlements that are located in all those Red states that voted for Trump.

Not having a story doesn’t matter. All the characters are just going to hang out and talk trash about our country and how awful we are as a nation. And of course, they will all have portraits of President Obama hanging on the walls (maybe that hilarious one of him sitting in a field of flowers), because those were the glory days, the good old days when everyone believed in global warming and protecting the environment was more important than the millions of people out of work because of the all the oppressive regulations on various industries.

That’s okay though, because none of our characters need jobs anyway. They’ll all be too busy attending protests so they can scream and holler and bully anyone and everyone who disagrees with their beliefs. (The loving and tolerant left, LOL)

I guess I started thinking about TV shows after I read an article recently that proclaimed The Good Place to be the best show on television. God help us all if that’s true! I watched the pilot episode (out of curiosity) and although there were some humorous moments, the whole premise is offensive in many ways. For a show about heaven, most Christians would find it very un-Biblical, but then anything out of Hollywood these days will always have a decidedly Leftist world view.

First, the basic idea of a point system as a method of earning your way into the good place is entirely contrary to the teachings of the New Testament. (Not that it wouldn’t make the world a better place if people actually believed this.) Second, the establishment of cute little villages, run by angels? I guess, we’re supposed to think that’s what the Ted Danson character is. And our perfect soulmate is waiting for us there? Because even in heaven, it’s all about hooking up, right?

And of course, the whole plot hangs on our understanding that God occasionally makes mistakes which explains how our main character accidentally ends up in the wrong place. So, while it may be funny imagining heaven as this perfect little place and we might get a few laughs watching an average sinner wandering around trying to fit in, it’s all nonsense. And wouldn’t you know it, there was a lesbian couple and male gay couple, because according to the Left, even in heaven, that’s the new normal.

(The inspiration for this bit of satire is a comment I recently heard from Rush Limbaugh. He noted that even though statistics show that less than ten percent of Americans identify as homosexual, the average movie or TV show these days would have you believe that half the population is gay. The transgender population is less than a third of one percent, but Hollywood is doing their best to convince us that there’s one on every corner. Honestly, I don’t mind the inclusion of any particular character representing any particular group, but when it’s so obviously forced as part of a political agenda, it offends me. And being offended really is the new normal, right?)