Anybody notice the political "comments" in The Big Love ?

[kentuck]

The husband is a polygamist who has 3 wives and 3 houses with one big back yard. He fills his Viagra prescription and sleeps with a different wife on a different night each week. During one scene, when they had company invited over and they were discussing the "war", the #1 wife remarked that she had two sons that would soon be 18 years old, and one of the visiting ladies disparingly said, "Barb, you're not a Democrat, are you"? These comments were from Mormons that were practicing polygamy and sleeping with a different wife every night and the worst thing they could possibly think of was whether she might be a "Democrat". I couldn't help but think of poor ol' Mutt Romney... :)

[yurbud]

1. that's funny. I could see righties taking that comment straight too

[gatorboy]

2. Isn't Bush still doing well in Utah?

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[kentuck]

4. I think the timing is exquisite...

With Mutt Romney, a Mormon, running for President. We should pay more attention to this show, I think... :)

[bluedeminredstate]

3. Cracked me up!

My husband and I watched it and I must say I never thought I'd see the day when they'd greenlight a TV series about polygamy! That said, I liked it. I thought that comment was the funniest line of the show!
:)

[Cleita]

5. There have been some subtle political undertones in

both episodes. In particular listen to the kids at the fast food place talking. Their conversations are subtle reflections of how they view their world through the framework of their religion.

As for the poor viagra popping husband, any males who have fantasies of more wives ought to see what this guy is contending with. The story is getting darker too. Do you think the father-in-law is the one whose poisoning his father?

[kentuck]

7. I think it may be Roman....

But his wife told him if she was trying to kill him, he would already be dead. :)

[jilln]

6. Book of Daniel was taken off the air after religious nutjob protests...

but this doesn't bother them?

I don't get it.

[Cleita]

8. This is HBO not broadcast TV.

The moral opinion nannies can't touch it.

[kentuck]

9. The cartoonist for conservative Gazette of Colorado Springs....

had a cartoon about the show in todays paper... So it's just a matter of days until it is in the right-wing consciousness... :)

[jilln]

10. How so?

Couldn't they threaten to boycott or whatever just the same?

[Cleita]

11. We could cut HBO out of our cable package. It's by subscription.

You don't have to have it, so if you disapprove, don't suscribe. No one is doing that though. All the shows are very risque for shock value although they are also very well written and entertaining. No one seems to be giving up their subscriptions.

That's what would end it. If the RW morality police decide to try to get HBO censored it will really be a bad thing for America because then we will know we are being governed by the Pat Robertsons and Rev. Moons of America.

[jilln]

12. they could also just not watch it

but that's not enough for them, they don't want anyone ELSE to be allowed to watch it either