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GCB — I Once Was “LOST” But Now I’m Found

Last Sunday evening as I watched the Academy Awards, I saw the first teaser for “GCB.” As the naughty teasers continued throughout the broadcast, my interest was piqued. I Twittered, “What does GCB mean?”

I mused, “Could it possibly be that a television series is coming on that could replace the hole in my heart left by the iconic show ‘LOST?’”

The answers to my query were numerous and divided, especially on Facebook. Half of the respondents said “Good Christian Belles” and half said “Good Christian Bitches.”

One gave me a link that provided the real story. The show is based on Kim Gatlin’s book, “Good Christian Bitches.” The Darren Star-created dramedy revolves around Amanda Vaughn (Bibb), a recently widowed mother of two who moves back to the affluent Dallas community of Hillside Park where she grew up. Upon her return, Amanda quickly finds herself at odds with the town’s gossipy, church-going, designer-clad women all determined to get revenge on Amanda for the cruel deeds she exacted upon them as the alpha mean girl in high school.

Some say the show is meant to replace ABC’s “Desperate Housewives.”

If so, it has some work to do.

High Points:

—Annie Potts:  She was saintly as a Texas grandmother with just enough religion not to allow her grandson to have Internet because of porn yet teaching him how to mix martinis.

— The line of the night: As the aforementioned grandson looked at a church sign containing the words “You Shall Reap What You Sow”, he asked, “Mom, what does that mean? She replied, ‘Oh, son, that’s just Texan for Karma.’”

The public prayers at church: How many times have YOU heard gossip or judgement disguised in the form of a prayer or prayer request?

—The stat: Dallas has the highest number of churches per capita, but it also has the highest number of strip clubs per capita.

—The honesty: For a group that live by the ten commandments, the religious community could certainly use a little more of the blatant honesty that was center stage the entire show.

—The sex: Hey, I wrote a book about the plot.

Low Points:

—The acting: With the exception of Annie Potts, at times it reminded me of the church dramas I’ve seen. Amateurish and forced.

—The preaching: At times, the dialogue seemed to do exactly what they accused the church of doing. Note to writers: A little clever innuendo never hurt nobody.

—The music: I was expecting the choir to bust out with Kristin Chenoweth of “Glee” fame, so the warbly rendition of “Blest Be the Tie” was doubly disappointing.

Still, it’s a new show and they deserve time to get their act (and music) together. I’ll certainly watch a few more episodes. It’s a fun guilty pleasure. But…LOST it ain’t.

Question: What Did You Think? Sanctimonious Sacrilege or Sexy Satire?

6 responses to “GCB — I Once Was “LOST” But Now I’m Found”

  1. Bob Johnson Avatar
    Bob Johnson

    This could start a lot of spin-offs like Jawing Jewish Jezabels, Idiot Islamic Imps, and Liberal Activist Whore’s aka, LAW’s.

    The great thing about this GCB show is that it brings misogynists and anti-Christian bigots together in one feel good hit of the summer. And in some cases they arrive in the same person.

    It’s kind of a 2 for 1!

    What are you people 10 years old? The reason we don’t celebrate shows that categorize an entire segment of women as female dogs, or by any of their slanged body part is that it lowers respect for women and it lowers respect for Jesus Christ, the one who split time in half. What did you accomplish before 33? It tells our society that it’s OK, You may be thinking it doesn’t matter until some 15 yr old boy on the school bus asks your 13 yr old daughter that plays in the church basketball league if she and the sluts she plays with are good Christian bitches, ha ha. And the school says, well he just repeated something he heard on Disney.

  2. Deana Avatar
    Deana

    We didn’t watch it. Kristen was interviewed by the Tulsa World and Disney has changed their marketing citing they ditched good Christian bitches entirely and went with a whole new script and book Good Christian Belles. I don’t believe it for a minute, but there you go. we didn’t like the previews as it looks way too much like desperate housewives. Love Kristen, after all she’s from Broken Arrow but not enough to watch the show.

  3. Chris Avatar

    We don’t have cable, and since we live in a forest, we can’t really pick up any broadcast TV. As a result, we just don’t watch TV much at all. At first, we thought we’d miss it, but we absolutely do not. You know how people who stop drinking drinks with sugar for a few years find them to be way too sweet when they try them again? That’s what it’s been like for us with TV. We now find (most) commercials annoyingly noisy and most shows to be contrived, cliched, shallow commentary on culture. There are exceptions, of course, but a huge part of me would rather avoid being sucked in by one of them and give up all of that time that could be spent doing other things.

    It does sound like this show will continue to demonstrate what the rest of the world thinks of “christianity,” and “christianity” has rightfully earned that reputation. If anything, it will serve to highlight the need to start living as true Christ followers and show people what Christianity really is.

    No – that wasn’t meant to be a Jesus Juke, but that’s what it turned out to be, didn’t it…

  4. David Ballard Avatar

    I love Kristen Chenoweth (an Okie girl). Will have to watch this. Check out Downton Abbey if you haven’t . Netflix has the first season and it’s reasonably priced on iTunes. Or free on PBS.org. Very well done.

  5. Paul Fowler Avatar
    Paul Fowler

    My rant: Another show to clutter up the already mindless schedule of prime time TV found on all the major networks (including 3 major Canadian).

  6. Denise Avatar
    Denise

    Thanks, Randy, for the critique- we didn’t get to watch and I wondered if I’d really missed anything. I’m wondering what your thoughts are on the Annie Potts character’s quote about “Texan for karma?”

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