--- In [email protected], "Jeff Fischer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > Heck, Jim, there's a bunch of chimpanzees who > > have transcended this limitation and are holding > > forth on this very forum. > > > > ;-) > > Shucks, Bonzo, she's found us out. Time to scram.
A quick question (or maybe a long discussion, since I am honestly interested in how spiritual groups and religions react to their portrayals in the media) for Jeff Fischer. How did "internal" Scientology react to its portrayal in the 4th season of FX's "Nip/Tuck?" The season's over in the US but just starting here in France, so I just saw the first episode in which characters Kimber and Matt become Scientologists. It seems pretty well done to me so far, with a minimum of cheap shots but much stirring of the controversy pot. I hear that Kimber (a former porn queen) gets to...uh...come face to face with Xenu at some point during the season. I don't know much about Xenu as portrayed in Scientology itself, but he's gonna have to have a heckuva lotta willpower to withstand the onslaught of Kimber. :-) I'm honestly curious as to how this "mainstreaming" is perceived within the church itself. We're all too aware of how some TMers nitpick everything said about their belief system in the press that isn't word-for-word out of the Dogma Handbook, and we've got an entire *world* that's suffering from Muslim fundamentalists and Christian fundamentalists and Jewish fundamentalists planting bombs and killing people in the name of *their* dogma. So I'm curious -- does Scientology have a sense of humor about itself? (Being able to laugh at itself being the highest possible praise I could possibly imagine for a spiritual path or belief system.) Are there closet Kimber and Matt freaks in the ranks? What's up with Scientology having its first couple on TV? I mean, in one sense it's the counterpart of Billy Crystal being the first openly gay character in a continuing role; it could be ground-breaking, one way or another. I'm honestly curious as to how you see it. Thanks in advance, Unc
