It appears that Bill Donohue must have worn out his blessed DVD copy of The Passion of the Christ. Now he's watching HBO.
I mentioned the uptight, humorless Catholic League scold here the other day, and it looks like he still hasn't found his funny bone. Why's the King of Catholics fuming this time? Blame it on Larry David.
Yup, David's fictional wayward peeing on a Jesus painting during Sunday's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" has Donohue pissed off again:
The self-righteous comedy critic was not amused:
Mention Larry David in a word association game and "Seinfeld" rolls off the lips. That show, which David created, wrote and produced, was brilliant. "Curb Your Enthusiasm" is not. Indeed, last night's episode demonstrates that David's best years are behind him. He ought to quit while he's ahead.At one point in the show, David goes to the bathroom in a Catholic home and splatters urine on a picture of Jesus; he doesn't clean it off. Then a Catholic woman goes to the bathroom, sees the picture and concludes that Jesus is crying. She then summons her equally stupid mother and the two of them fall to their knees in prayer. When David and Jerry Seinfeld (playing himself) are asked if they ever experienced a miracle, David answers, "every erection is a miracle." That's what passes for creativity these days.
Was Larry David always this crude? Would he think it comedic if someone urinated on a picture of his mother? This might be fun to watch, but since HBO only likes to dump on Catholics (it was just a couple of weeks ago that Sarah Silverman insulted Catholics on "Real Time with Bill Maher"), and David is Jewish, we'll never know.
Pulling out your ol' anti-Semite card again, eh, Bill?
Anyway, HBO felt compelled to respond to Donohue:"
Anyone who follows Curb Your Enthusiasm knows that the show is full of parody and satire. Larry David makes fun of everyone, most especially himself. The humor is always playful and certainly never malicious. "
Conversely, Bill Donohue is never playful and certainly always malicious.
