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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 11:41 PM
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Anybody notice the political "comments" in The Big Love ?
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... :)
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 11:46 PM
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1. that's funny. I could see righties taking that comment straight too
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gatorboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 11:47 PM
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2. Isn't Bush still doing well in Utah?
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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 11:49 PM
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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... :)
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bluedeminredstate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 11:48 PM
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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!
:)
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 11:52 PM
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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?
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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 11:55 PM
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7. I think it may be Roman....
But his wife told him if she was trying to kill him, he would already be dead. :)
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jilln Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 11:54 PM
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6. Book of Daniel was taken off the air after religious nutjob protests...
but this doesn't bother them?

I don't get it.
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 11:56 PM
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8. This is HBO not broadcast TV.
The moral opinion nannies can't touch it.
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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 12:05 AM
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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... :)
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jilln Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 12:20 PM
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10. How so?
Couldn't they threaten to boycott or whatever just the same?
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 01:33 PM
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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.
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jilln Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 05:55 PM
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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

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