Well, it really depends on who you talk to. A devout Catholic, for example, may be disgusted by God's Favorite Idiot. But a less intensely religious person likely won't bat an eye at the so-called impious depictions of God showcased in the series.
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“God is real, and God is good, and everybody is actually quite right about God. Meaning Jewish people, or Christians, or Hindus, or Muslims, or the other organized religions, or even the disorganized ones. Or people that are just spiritual," Clark tells his herd of eccentric colleagues.
What does this tell us? Well, it tells us that the writing is a bit wishy-washy.
"Clark asserting that life’s really just about love and avoiding wrongdoing puts a bow on it, but it’s hard not to feel as though the plainly stated claim that any potential viewer is in the right is what happens when a streamer inclined to maximize its audience meets a writer disinclined to think things through," Daniel D'Addario of Variety wrote in his review.
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John Doyle of The Globe and Mail detailed that the series's possible attempt at poking fun at shows that appeal to "white evangelical Christians" — like CBS series Touched by an Angel and God Friended Me — is too watered down to be funny.
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"The series veers into sincerity and, by the second episode, Clark is effortlessly quoting the New Testament and an angel appears. He tells Clark, 'You have been chosen by God to help the world.' How will this happen? 'Spread the message, just be yourself,' the angel replies. Next thing you know, Clark is bringing a dead bird back to life," he wrote.
"The material aiming to poke fun at religious fervor is spiritless."
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To put it simply, it almost seems like God's Favorite Idiot is too afraid to make any bold statements about God, perhaps because of potential backlash. Or maybe a fear of eternal damnation (just kidding). God's Favorite Idiot plays it safe when it comes to its "blasphemous" content.
If anything, we're almost offended by how darn confident and sexy Satan is. Leslie Bibb (Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby) as a leather-donning Lucifer is maybe the best thing about the series.
Season 1 of God's Favorite Idiot is currently streaming on Netflix.
