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To: Lane3 who wrote (154357)	1/10/2006 7:41:33 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793928

Re The Book of Daniel, FWIW, if finally found a criticism of the show that makes sense and seems valid to me: "The National Review Online has a critical piece by Louis Witting: No one behind Daniel seems to have been overly interested in saying anything about religion or religious people — good or bad. Daniel might have been worth a look if they did. The show aspires to be a serious HBO drama. It’s really an awful sitcom (albeit with pretentiously serious impulses.) And in it, church and faith are just the situations around which the gags are plotted. For all the farcically improbable problems that swamp them, none of the characters are worried about what God thinks of them: They’re worried about what the neighbors think. It’s the same family-based stuff you’ve seen a thousand times before. Sure, Jesus pops in an out. But for all he adds to the story, he might as well been a stock wacky-neighbor-with-stage-advice alá Wilson of Home Improvement. It would probably be possible to tease some religious message from Daniel’s mess — something like God loves those who love themselves; Jesus is chill — but not worthwhile." blog.edow.org