Emmys will edit Kathy Griffin’s offensive speech

[SeriouslySearching]

Why???????

Because God certainly didn't get B. S. where she is today. Selling sex did.

 

[SeriouslySearching]

I don't think she was making fun of religion. I think she was making fun of people who accept awards with cliche'd speeches about thanking God and Jesus when they aren't very religious to begin with. That's just my take. I can't believe I'm defending Kathy Griffin. I feel dirty.

It is exactly who she was making fun of...the hypocrites!

 

[Dark Knight]

Well I certainly hope that they're not because we just paid $1,200 for my son's trip to New York so he can play at Carnegie Hall with his school band this year.

LOL! You'll be paid back, I'm sure. :crazy:

 

[angarella]

LOL! You'll be paid back, I'm sure. :crazy:

Direct deposit?

 

[Jeana (DP)]

LOL! You'll be paid back, I'm sure. :crazy:

Somehow I'm not comforted by your post.

 

[Dark Knight]

Direct deposit?

You could say that.

 

[southcitymom]

Just read this thread and I don't know a thing about Kathy Griffin, but her "offensive" speech that won't be aired surely struck me as funnier and less offensive than just about everything I've ever heard come out of Sarah Silverman's mouth.

Why don't people I find bothersome ever get censored?!

If the end times are near, bring 'em on, I say!

 

[Jeana (DP)]

Just read this thread and I don't know a thing about Kathy Griffin, but her "offensive" speech that won't be aired surely struck me as funnier and less offensive than just about everything I've ever heard come out of Sarah Silverman's mouth.

Why don't people I find bothersome ever get censored?!

If the end times are near, bring 'em on, I say!

Silverman isn't even funny IMO.

 

[Taximom]

I think this thread has given me more laughs than Griffin or Silverman ever have!

"direct depost" ROFL

 

[southcitymom]

.....I don't imagine Jesus enjoys being told to "suck it" either....

You think? I'm of the opinion that He'd chuckle at her remark - which is really more cutting towards bloated, self-indulgent stars who praise God publically and vainly than towards the Christ....IMHO.

 

[southcitymom]

I don't think she was making fun of religion. I think she was making fun of people who accept awards with cliche'd speeches about thanking God and Jesus when they aren't very religious to begin with. That's just my take. I can't believe I'm defending Kathy Griffin. I feel dirty.

Ah, I didn't really need to post at all - you summed up my take on it perfectly, Paladin.

 

[Just Jules]

Kind of like how you hate Americans?

I couldn't agree with you more Ang, I have read many posts conveying that msg.

Please know that not all of us Aussies feel like this.

I for one, LOVE you all you guys
and feel privileged to be here on WS. :blowkiss:

 

[dingo]

Same goes for me Jules...if I didnt like Americans I wouldnt be posting on an American forum.

 

[southcitymom]

Silverman isn't even funny IMO.

I remain bewildered by her (SS) popularity.

 

[southcitymom]

Kind of like how you hate Americans?

 

[Tristan]

I never liked Kathy Griffin. Her comment was absolutely tasteless.

 

[angarella]

Not obvious?

 

[angarella]

I couldn't agree with you more Ang, I have read many posts conveying that msg.

Please know that not all of us Aussies feel like this.

I for one, LOVE you all you guys
and feel privileged to be here on WS. :blowkiss:

And I feel privileged that you are here. :blowkiss:

 

[Taximom]

You think? I'm of the opinion that He'd chuckle at her remark - which is really more cutting towards bloated, self-indulgent stars who praise God publically and vainly than towards the Christ....IMHO.

Yeah, I think! I really can't see Him chuckling at that. I know that probably turns off a lot of people, but that's just disrespectful, joke or not.

Now THIS acceptance speech was funny. It's Steve Carell's speech from when The Office won a Golden Globe:

Carell's asides (those "not written" by wife Nancy) are in italics:

"Wow, I really did not expect this... so I did not write anything, however my wife did and handed me something.
[Carell holds up piece of paper]
I'd like to thank the Hollywood Foreign Press for this great honor. I would also like to thank my wife Nancy for her constant support and for being so beautiful tonight...
That's true
Thanks also to Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant for creating such a wonderful groundbreaking piece of television and to Greg Daniels for his talent, courage, and sheer audacity.
This is good.. thank you
Also, to my wife for giving me two wonderful children as painful as her labor might have been. Thanks also to an excellent cast, crew, and writing staff all of whom I am indebted to ... if it weren't for you I wouldn't be here right now.
Hmmm... I don't know about that
Steve Salor, Michele Bowen, Matthew Lavon, Holly Burrell.... Nancy, my precious wife, who put her career on hold in support of mine and who sometimes wishes I would let her know when I'm going to be home late so she can schedule her life, which is no less important than mine.
To my parents, for not making me go to law school... and finally, to the love of my life, my wife Nancy.
Thank you very much."

It was better live! (Note he did not thank God! )

 

[Taximom]

Well, she's getting attention:

http://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/archives/kathy_griffin/2007_Sep_11_emmy_remarks_censored
In a statement Monday, Catholic League president Bill Donohue said, in part, “Griffin described herself as a ‘complete militant atheist.’ Unfortunately, her kind of vulgar in-your-face brand of hate speech found a receptive audience on Saturday: The Hollywood Reporter says her foul remark ‘drew laughs.’ It is incumbent upon Dick Askin, chairman and chief executive officer of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, to denounce Griffin’s obscene and blasphemous comment; a statement should also be read on Sunday. … It is sure bet that if Griffin had said, ‘Suck it, Muhammad,’ there would have been a very different reaction from the crowd and from the media who covered this event. To say nothing of the Muslim reaction.”


HEY, they stole my "suck it allah" remark. Sort of. ETA: Oops, never mind. Dark Knight said it first.