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the ABC will not ridicule the yes case
Sep 1st, 2017 at 10:42pm
 

but it hurls ridicule upon Christianity


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........  How wonderful to see Hendo’s favourite professor/media tart Allan Fels making a cameo appearance on Shaun Micallef Mad as Hell on Wednesday – in the “Roz’s Brush with Fame” gig. Dr Fels (for a doctor he is) acted the role of a painter – of houses, not canvasses – but had trouble convincing Roz that his final cut was just a first coat. LOL, indeed.

From this segment on, Mad as Hell resembled the hell-fire sermons that Young Shaun would have experienced as a Catholic lad in the 1970s down Adelaide way. You see, when Mad As Hell is not funny, it’s preaching. A bit like the Catholic Church, in Counter Reformation mode – except that your man Micallef supports the “Yes” case in the coming postal survey and most Counter Reformation types (if any are extant) are probably “No” voters.

Wednesday’s targets were the Australian Christian Lobby (yawn), a Christian baker who doesn’t do same sex-marriage cakes (yawn), the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ (alleged) incompetence (yawn), the ACL as a ballot paper thief (yawn) and the ACL as a destroyer of post boxes (yawn squared). There were no jokes directed at the “Yes” case.

Set out below is how Mad as Hell depicted a contemporary female member of the ACL – as the Puritan Elizabeth Proctor. It’s just that contemporary Christians don’t’ cover their heads. But quite a few contemporary Muslim women do. Now, here’s a challenge. Will Mad as Hell mock the “No” case by ridiculing a Muslim woman character? If not, is it only Christian “No” advocates who are to be subjected to the wit of Mad as Hell and not Muslim “No” advocates? Can You Bear It?  ....... 



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Re: the ABC will not ridicule the yes case
Reply #1 - Sep 2nd, 2017 at 3:43am
 
And a few shows ago, Micallef's targets were bearded Muslims in a skit on becoming a suicide bomber.

It's our ABC, Sprint (yawn).
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