Church Lady
I suggest you search "comedians and religion" and then go to youtube and search Lewis Black and Eddie Izzard and George Carlin and religion. Carlin has one on the Ten Commandments. If you are sensitive to "profanity," don't do this. I don't want to be accused of "offending your tender young sensibilities."
After watching Dana Carvey’s “Church Lady” routine I can see some resemblances between his character and the image of Silence Dogood that Franklin created. The church lady character that Carvey imitates is very similar in attitude to Silence Dogood. She is sarcastic and judgmental and, like Silence Dogood, she makes fun of certain everyday customs and beliefs. The video that I watched was an SNL skit where the church lady is doing interviews with famous people. In the skit, the church lady is interviewing a Playboy model who is defending herself against claims that she was a prostitute. Although times are very different now, issues such as a woman’s social status are something that have always been around.
Another video I watched was Flip Wilson’s debate with the devil. In the video Bobby Darin comes out as the devil and he and Flip Wilson proceed to have a debate trying to win the favor of the congregation. In the skit, Wilson preaches about goodness and believing in God but makes comment about loose women on the side. I can relate this with Silence Dogood’s writings too since she talks about the inconsistencies in religion as well.
I think that Glenn Beck and Thomas Paine actually have very little in common. Glenn Beck is a successful talk show host who decided to re-write Thomas Paine’s work, Common Sense. Thomas Paine was pretty much unsuccessful in everything he did before he began writing works such as Common Sense that added fire to the impending revolution. Glenn Beck tries to relate common day things to Thomas Paine’s writings but his writings were in reference to a completely different political situation.
After watching Dana Carvey’s “Church Lady” routine I can see some resemblances between his character and the image of Silence Dogood that Franklin created. The church lady character that Carvey imitates is very similar in attitude to Silence Dogood. She is sarcastic and judgmental and, like Silence Dogood, she makes fun of certain everyday customs and beliefs. The video that I watched was an SNL skit where the church lady is doing interviews with famous people. In the skit, the church lady is interviewing a Playboy model who is defending herself against claims that she was a prostitute. Although times are very different now, issues such as a woman’s social status are something that have always been around.
Another video I watched was Flip Wilson’s debate with the devil. In the video Bobby Darin comes out as the devil and he and Flip Wilson proceed to have a debate trying to win the favor of the congregation. In the skit, Wilson preaches about goodness and believing in God but makes comment about loose women on the side. I can relate this with Silence Dogood’s writings too since she talks about the inconsistencies in religion as well.
I think that Glenn Beck and Thomas Paine actually have very little in common. Glenn Beck is a successful talk show host who decided to re-write Thomas Paine’s work, Common Sense. Thomas Paine was pretty much unsuccessful in everything he did before he began writing works such as Common Sense that added fire to the impending revolution. Glenn Beck tries to relate common day things to Thomas Paine’s writings but his writings were in reference to a completely different political situation.