"I saw multiple comments on a post about The Righteous Gemstones the other day complaining about how disappointed they are that the show has given sympathetic backstories to its rich megachurch family because 'They need to take these grifters to task.' They're literally complaining that the show has "
"they're not badly written con men, you can see the influence that danny mcbride growing up heavily involved in the church through his family has on the show's development. it's enjoyable to watch *because* it's nuanced - if it was a one-note liberal 'look at these greedy morons, who are dumb and gre"