So there’s been a lot of buzz around work this week over this show called, “The Book of Daniel” that premiered Friday night on NBC. You see, it’s a show about a priest addicted to painkillers with an alcoholic wife, gay son, and drug-dealing daughter. As if that isn’t enough, this priest would also have personal conversations with the man himself, Jesus. Before this show even aired, some conservative group went ape-shit over it. They had set out an email campaign attempting to kill the show. One of the targets of this crusade was a chairperson of the corporation I work for. I’m not sure if we sponsor the show or not, but my IT department had to go through the hassle of filtering out every single one of the 50,000 emails we received. (-_-)
So, being the left-wing liberal I am, I did what any decent Christen would. I TiVo’ed that shit and enjoyed watching it. It’s actually is a very good show, and I recommend it to anyone. It’s not anti-religious, it just shows that real life has its major hardships that everyone must endure. And at the same time, is also doesn’t take itself too seriously. It’s those ignorant people sending those angry emails that are given the religion a bad name, not this show!
But enough of my ranting on such a subject on this blog. Here’s the real reason why you anime fans will find this show interesting.
Why exactly was the daughter selling dope? Well, it turns out that she needs the money to buy computer equipment. She creates her own Japanese-styled web comics.
“Whoa, you do manga?!?”
“Manga? What is that? Some kind of marijuana?”
But not only does she do manga, her comic is a yaoi story based on her gay brother!
This is unbelievable! A prime-time show on NBC that uses anime, manga, and of all things yaoi as a plot device. What are everyone’s thoughts on this? When did anime become so big that they even talk about yaoi now?
