{"id":27158,"date":"2012-09-05T09:08:33","date_gmt":"2012-09-05T13:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2012\/09\/entertainment-weekly-and-the-c\/"},"modified":"2012-09-05T09:08:33","modified_gmt":"2012-09-05T13:08:33","slug":"entertainment-weekly-and-the-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2012\/09\/entertainment-weekly-and-the-c\/","title":{"rendered":"Entertainment Weekly and the crass cliché of a slutty nun"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n\"EW<\/a><\/p>\n

I am not a subscriber to
\nEntertainment Weekly<\/i> but this week when I saw the magazine I had another reason
\nfor not reading this rag.  The well-known actress Jessica Lange is on the
\ncover wearing a religious sister’s habit, a crucifix around her neck, brandishing
\na cane and wearing fire-engine red lipstick and painted nails advocating “American Horror Story.” Hmmm, the
\nartists got the look of many women religious, right?  It doesn’t take a
\nbrain surgeon to see the ugliness of this image viz. with conversation the
\nChurch is having with the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR). <\/span><\/p>\n

While I am not a fan of what the LCWR stands for, or perhaps more accurately, what some<\/u> members
\nof the LCWR stand for, there is no need perpetuate the crass cliché through
\nmocking portrayals of ruler-wielding nuns  who are seen as backwards and stupid. The vast
\nmajority of religious sisters and nuns are not this way. One ought to ask, “What about the beautiful work of teaching children
\nCatechism, their work with the poor and the marginalized, all those women of prayer and
\nlearning in hospitals, and schools?<\/span><\/p>\n

I think EW has stooped way too low in publishing a cover with anti-Catholic stereotyping. One can’t claim
\nthat some members of the media are not anti-Catholic when a prominent magazine puts silly things on the cover. Really, a terrifying nun to advance a fictional
\nplot?<\/span><\/p>\n

What does one say when EW describes Sister Jude (Miss Lange’s
\ncharacter) as a “scarily stern woman of faith…and a fan of corporal
\npunishment…who has a penchant for red lingerie and vivid fantasies about her
\nsuperior, Monsignor Timothy O’Hara.” Further, EW quotes Joseph Fiennes who
\nsays, “Clearly she’s attracted to the monsignor for his grace and
\nreligiousness.” Fiennes plays O’Hara, “the monsignor might play with that,
\nmanipulate that.”  Slutty nun.  Manipulative priest.<\/span><\/p>\n

The show’s
\nco-creator, Ryan Murphy says, “I’m scared of aliens and I’m scared of Nazis and
\nI’m scared of nuns.”<\/span><\/p>\n

To posit that there is no anti-Catholicism, I would think you might want to revise your opinion given the presence of fact:  <\/span>anti-Catholicism <\/span>has a history<\/span><\/a>,  it’s alive and well. Some Catholics are not bothered by dysfunctional nuns priests. Art, in this case, is claimed to be in the realm of opinion,
\nthat is, subjective.  It is said that what is one person’s
\ngood-natured ribbing is another person’s offensive stereotype. Do we
\nreally think it is appropriate to hold this idea at all<\/u>, never mind if we apply the whole issue to
\nthose who hold Judiasm or Islam as their faith? Would the media think that
\nmaking fun of a rabbi, an iman or a Buddhist monk is a good thing? That doing so is good natured? Why do it
\nto Catholics?<\/span><\/p>\n

EW’s incredibly sad portrayal of a Catholic sister as the
\ncenterpiece of fictional show on TV is wrong, disrespectful, especially<\/u> when
\nthe reality is very different. The concept is ill-conceived.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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