Diced Veggies
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‘Veggie Tales’ loses faith
One of the shows my kids enjoy watching on DVD is Veggie Tales, a sometimes cringeworthy but usually funny Christian children’s show in which a cast of animated vegetables act out stories from the bible or other religious lessons. I disliked the show at first, but it is growing on me after being exposed to hours of the DVDs.
Anyway it seems that a storm is growing in the US over the show. Recently they signed a deal with TV network NBC to show the show in it’s Saturday morning lineup. Unfortunately, the network then proceeded to force them to excise any references to God or the Bible from the show, which kinda defeats the purpose of it in the first place. Creator Phil Vischer and his comrades were kept in the dark about this and felt betrayed. You can read some of Phil’s side of the story on his blog.
What strikes me about this is what it says about the schizoid nature of American society. We so commonly hear about how the religious right is gaining more and more influence, and how the US is one of the most religious nations on Earth. Yet at the same time we see this sort of extreme political correctness where you can’t mention God in a kid’s TV show. I’m not saying that this is not true of Australia also, you just see it so much more vividly there. Very bizarre story.
