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Griffin remarks to be edited from Emmycast
Life on the D-list just got a little hotter:
“Kathy Griffin’s offensive remarks will not be part of the E! telecast on Saturday night,” the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences said in a statement Monday.
In her speech, Griffin said that “a lot of people come up here and thank Jesus for this award. I want you to know that no one had less to do with this award than Jesus.”
She went on to hold up her Emmy, make an off-color remark about Christ and proclaim, “This award is my god now!”
Hollwyood.com said that if Griffin won, “she wasn’t going up unprepared, with a ‘pretty fairly offensive speech about Jesus’ already on paper.” So, the blasphemy was premeditated. Scripted outrageousness. No one ever said Griffin wasn’t skilled at garnering publicity. But, up until now– at least outside of her live act– blasphemy wasn’t in her arsenal. From a business standpoint– considering that one-quarter of all Americans self-identify as Catholics and 85 per cent as Christians– it’s fairly boneheaded. Just ask Sinead O’Connor.
Apparently, the exact “speech” was, “Can you believe this shit? Hell has frozen over. Suck it, Jesus! This award is my god now!” According to an account in the Hollywood Reporter, the remarks “drew laughs” from those on hand. Of course, we’ll never actually hear the response.
Griffin’s remarks somehow made it to the ears of the folks at the Catholic League, whose president labeled the remarks a “vulgar, in-your-face brand of hate speech.” And E!, responding to pressure from the Academy, who reponded to pressure from the Catholic League, will edit the remarks from the final broadcast.
Note to Griffin: If you’re going to go for the shock-value statement, do it on live TV, like O’Connor on SNL! These comments were made at a taping of the Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (what usta be called the Technical Emmys, if we’re not mistaken). A taping of a show that will air a week later. On E! And now it’s going to be cut out.
Done live– and getting a good response– the folks at home would hear the remarks, hear the laughter and then the Catholic League folks might appear overly sensitive or, at the very least, grumpy. The remarks on paper (or on the WWW)– excised from their context as they are now– are wince-inducing. They fall flat and, even to some who might not normally be sympathetic to the C.L., might actually appear to be a “vulgar, in-your-face brand of hate speech.”
You can’t fault the Catholic League. It’s not a softball organization. Leaning on TV networks and cable outlets when somebody disses Jesus is what they do.
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Unreal. The first joke of Kathy Griffin’s I’ve ever really found funny, and it’s going to get edited out.
When it comes to getting mad at Kathy, I think we need to ask ourselves… what would Jesus do? I think he would just laugh and say “Good One!… you got me… now lets drink some of my blood, and have a good time”
Maybe this is something that I never understand, but won’t MORE people find out about this comment because the censorship is reported in the Associated Press and wherever else, than would have ever heard or cared about it while watching E!?And it IS very funny.PS Regarding the statement “You can’t fault the Catholic League… leaning on TV networks and cable outlets when somebody disses Jesus is what they do.” … isn’t that a good reason TO fault them in general? In the very last, for not having a sense of humor?Not saying their actions are surprising, but aren’t they silly or at least counter-productive as well?
Hmmm, what is a stand-up comedians purpose? To make an audience laugh or save their souls? Should we start censoring the sermons in churches for what they say to the audience, nah that would be silly.
geoff, limiting speech from the pulpit already goes on. This is not the place to argue that, so we’ll leave it at that.About God’s response to Griffin’s remark, since He is all powerful and controls the lives of humanity, He could just take her comdey career away and allow her to sink into the abyss of washed up entertainers, but in order to do that, she would have to first be an entertainer.
The Miracle Theater in Pigeon Forge spent $90,440 on a full-page advertisement in USA Today that ran nationally Monday, proclaiming “enough is enough.”Boy $90,440! That money could have been spent on a lot better things. The theater is sponsoring a petition on its Web site, http://www.miracletheater.comSo I went to sign this petition just to have my comment posted. I wrote:“I’m a stand-up comic, and I understand both Kathy and your position. With all the different groups out there, it is exceeding difficult to not offend a few in a comedy career. Can’t we all just get along? It’s the Christian thing to do. I’m not surprised to hear that devout Christians are offended by Kathy’s remarks. I was talking to my Buddhist friend about it and he thought she was hysterical. The reality is that, no mater what your beliefs are, there are no shortage of people who DON’T AGREE WITH YOU. Surround yourself with people who do agree with your beliefs, and don’t fuss too much about the ones who don’t, because you can waste your entire lives arguing and getting nowhere. Making a national to do about all this just puts Kathy in the spotlight. Let’s face it, there are much worse celebrities out there driving drunk and endangering lives. If your beliefs are that Kathy will be going to hell for what she said, then that should be plenty. http://www.FunnyMexican.com“Within a few minutes, my comment was pushed down to the next page because of all the offended Christians that signed after me. You’ll also find many other people who signed and like myself thought the Christian groups were overreacting.Lastly I would like to point out the most entertaining bit of irony. Next to the AP news article is a Google sponsored ad list that says “Kathy Griffin Tickets – on sale now”