'2 Broke Girls' Mocks Baptism as Waterboarding, God as Santa Claus - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 10-25-2016, 12:50 PM

http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/cul...od-santa-claus

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By Karen Townsend | October 25, 2016 | 1:04 AM EDT

In last week’s season opener of CBS’s 2 Broke Girls, Sophie (Jennifer Coolidge) and Oleg (Jonathan Kite) welcomed baby Barbara into the world. This week’s episode, “And the Godmama Drama,” features the baptism of baby Barbara and the desecration of the sacrament.

Sophie thinks of Max (Kat Dennings) and Caroline (Beth Behrs) as her best friends, so with this in mind, she asks the women to be Barbara’s godmothers. As you might imagine, during a meeting with the priest, Father Kozac (Joel Swetow), and Oleg’s Ukrainian mother, Olga (Mercedes Ruehl), Max makes lame jokes about the Christian sacrament. As Olga explains about godparent responsibilities, she begins to question if Max has a relationship with God. Earlier, Max remarked that she didn’t think she had ever been inside a church, so no, the questioning doesn’t go well.

Seeing the priest pour water on the toy baby doll’s head in a demonstration, Max compares the gesture to waterboarding the baby. Christianity – the only religion allowed to be mocked on TV. Then Olga states the obvious – these two women are not fit to be godparents.

AB · 10-25-2016, 05:42 PM

The writers of this show offend just about everyone in order to get a laugh. It can be really crude. I'm surprised it's not on at a later time.

Sunshine Cab · 10-25-2016, 05:48 PM

Watching this show is the TV equivalent of waterboarding.

tlc38tlc38 · 10-25-2016, 06:06 PM

Sunshine Cab · 10-25-2016, 06:10 PM

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loaferman · 10-26-2016, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by AB

The writers of this show offend just about everyone in order to get a laugh. It can be really crude. I'm surprised it's not on at a later time.

I'm sure episodes mocking Islam and Judiasm are coming up soon, because everyone knows they don't get offended about anything. If I ever see a "mainstream" film or tv series that portrays Christianity as just normal I am shocked by that. They talk diversity and tolerance, but watch their actions not their words.

Sunshine Cab · 10-26-2016, 05:54 PM

Does anybody here watch this show and enjoy it?

What is the appeal?

James28 · 10-27-2016, 08:24 AM

The episode only mentioned (and depicted) the water-being-poured-onto-an-infant's-head type of baptism. Too bad the episode never mentioned immersion baptism, if they wanted to think of any baptism as "waterboarding".

loaferman · 10-27-2016, 12:22 PM

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Does anybody here watch this show and enjoy it?

What is the appeal?

It used to be kind of light fun. Then it never evolved. It seems about 50% show and 50% commercials now. Some segments seem to run under 5 minutes.

The joke has gotten tired and I see no attempt to change much.

I think if one religion (Christianity) is always OK to "take a joke" then others such as Muslims and Jews should also learn to "take a joke". Try that and see what happens.

TMC · 10-27-2016, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Sunshine Cab

Watching this show is the TV equivalent of waterboarding.

http://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainm...now-suck.html/

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The chemistry between lead stars Beth Behrs and Kat Dennings made this CBS show enjoyable (or at least, watchable) in its early seasons, but the always predictable gags have become even more tedious and one-note in the years since. Now set to enter its sixth season this fall, the show has reached a new low: the jokes are less funny and staler than ever before, making it impossible to root for — or even care much — about the characters of Max (Dennings) and Caroline (Behrs). The amateur, stereotype-pushing writing has become so bad in recent seasons, its even led some to wonder whether 2 Broke Girls is the worst sitcom currently on TV.

howilu · 10-28-2016, 10:24 AM

I agree. I don't even like the show in the first place. My running joke since it debuted is that it would be Beavis and Butthead's favorite show because they would be constantly ogling Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs as well as Jennifer Coolidge.

loaferman · 10-31-2016, 02:23 PM

For a bit I liked the show as a brief escapist cheap-laugh kind of show. The thing is it never progressed much if any. They are up to season 6 and they are still at the diner making short jokes at Han, old jokes with Earl, pervert jokes with Oleg, and Sophie still screams "hi everaaabodah" and everyone screams as if it is the greatest line ever delivered on TV.

The girls finally got some money and they used it to start a small business attached to the diner where they still work. Same apartment, etc. Any new characters are there short-term. I really think it will get canceled after this season, unless completely overhauled.

The reason it has lasted this long - and possibly been so lazily done - is that TBS bought the show for reruns even before it had really premiered, so there was no reason to cancel it nor to try very hard.

I don't think it does that well on TBS, Friends, Seinfeld, and Big Bang Theory are usually on that channel and they show the some Broke Girls in between but not near as many episodes.

10-25-2016, 06:06 PM	#4
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10-27-2016, 08:24 AM	#8
James28 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 14, 2007 Posts: 3,969	The episode only mentioned (and depicted) the water-being-poured-onto-an-infant's-head type of baptism. Too bad the episode never mentioned immersion baptism, if they wanted to think of any baptism as "waterboarding".
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10-25-2016, 05:42 PM	#2
AB Member Eternal Member Forum Icon Join Date: Dec 26, 2006 Location: The South Posts: 59,426	The writers of this show offend just about everyone in order to get a laugh. It can be really crude. I'm surprised it's not on at a later time.

10-25-2016, 05:48 PM	#3
Sunshine Cab Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Oct 20, 2016 Posts: 105	Watching this show is the TV equivalent of waterboarding.

10-26-2016, 05:54 PM	#7
Sunshine Cab Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Oct 20, 2016 Posts: 105	Does anybody here watch this show and enjoy it? What is the appeal?

10-28-2016, 10:24 AM	#11
howilu Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 20, 2003 Location: St. Louis Park, MN Posts: 1,958	I agree. I don't even like the show in the first place. My running joke since it debuted is that it would be Beavis and Butthead's favorite show because they would be constantly ogling Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs as well as Jennifer Coolidge.

10-31-2016, 02:23 PM	#12
loaferman Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jun 23, 2011 Location: Virginia Posts: 642	For a bit I liked the show as a brief escapist cheap-laugh kind of show. The thing is it never progressed much if any. They are up to season 6 and they are still at the diner making short jokes at Han, old jokes with Earl, pervert jokes with Oleg, and Sophie still screams "hi everaaabodah" and everyone screams as if it is the greatest line ever delivered on TV. The girls finally got some money and they used it to start a small business attached to the diner where they still work. Same apartment, etc. Any new characters are there short-term. I really think it will get canceled after this season, unless completely overhauled. The reason it has lasted this long - and possibly been so lazily done - is that TBS bought the show for reruns even before it had really premiered, so there was no reason to cancel it nor to try very hard. I don't think it does that well on TBS, Friends, Seinfeld, and Big Bang Theory are usually on that channel and they show the some Broke Girls in between but not near as many episodes.