here have been some negative reviews of GCB by Chritian sites, some calling for boycotts, hellfire and everything in between. This is my review.
Based on the book “Good Christian BItches” by Kim Gatlin, changed to “Good Christian Belles” by ABC then shortened to GCB, is about a woman named Amanda Vaughn, played by Leslie Bibb, who returns home to Dallas with her two children after facing marital and financial troubles.
Amanda is a former “mean girl” who has put the past behind her, while her former class mates and victims have not. They are the new mean girls who are as likely to gossip viciously about their returned rival as they are to offer up a humiliating prayer about her in church. As soon as their leader Carlene Cockburn, played by Kristin Chenoweth, sees her arrive she calls her friends, smugly gossiping about how Amanda’s former husband died in a car crash while having an affair with her best friend. Chenoweth’s character then halts the talk saying, “Ladies, it is not appropriate to speak of such things on the phone.” After a pause she continues, “I’ll see ya in church.”
Now, we all know someone like each of the main characters. There is at least one in every parish, church or community. Holier than the Pope on Sumday, meaner than dirt the rest of the week. If you don’t see it, maybe you’re it.
One commenter says: “Another clip shows Carlene and her friends confronting Amanda about the moral code of their community. The following scene shows Carlene in an office getting an invitation from a man to “do it.” Turning religious pictures face down, she crawls over the desk, as well as the man, and gives him a heavy kiss.”
Well fool, if you had actually watched the show instead of just the trailers, you would,now that the ‘man’ is actually her husband Ripp Cockburn played by David James Elliot. What, God doesn’t want legally married couple to make out in their office? Get real people.
Meanwhile, Amanda’s gun-collecting, shallow mother, played by Annie Potts says, “I feel certain that the good Lord would like me to have a new fur coat.”
How many of us have said this: “I know for a fact that God wants what I want.”
Other scenes show young girls being encouraged to wear revealing tops, like this never happens in real lIfe. When one mother expresses concern that her daughter‘s old cheerleader uniform is to tight, Chenoweth’s character, insert ‘ friends, peers, coach, etc., here, tells her not to worry “cleavage helps your cross hang straight.” Later at the game, the football team cheers when the girl’s vest pops open. Of course they cheered, these are college football guys not monks. Was that whole scene necessary for the show, maybe, maybe not.
Does the show ‘Mock’ God? No! Does it ‘Mock’ Christianity? No! Should children be watching this? No, that’s why it’s on at 10:00 pm, when kids should be in bed! What this is, is a tongue-in-cheek look at how many so called Christians act, or seem to act, in real life. Instead of condemning the show, we should be watching it thinking: Is this Me?
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