moral orel
the other night on [adult swim] was a "moral orel" marathon. i, of course, watched it.
i remember when the show first came out; i've always liked the show.
but i didn't read too much into it, i just watched and thought it was funny.
i thought it was poking fun at hypocritical bigots who proclaim themselves to be christians, but don't really follow anything in the bible. nothing more, just a sort of satirical comedy.
until that marathon was on.
the later episodes (season 3 is what i'm mainly referring to) focus less on our young hero orel, and more on the other citizens of moralton.
these episodes tugged on strings inside of me. i could feel my heart moving around, sinking, taking steps back. they disturbed me... i now know that "moral orel" is about a lot more than the misadventures of a young christian boy. it's about life. real life, and how everyone is, in one way or another, fucked up. it's a really beautiful (for lack of a better word), really sad thing. and the most heartbreaking conclusion i came to, is that the naive orel will end up like his father: a miserable, selfish alcoholic.
i'm going to re-watch every episode and see if i can get anything else from it.
EDIT 1/24: several weeks ago, i watched the last episode (after watching all the others, of course) and was delighted at orel's future. it made me smile. this series is wonderful.
i remember when the show first came out; i've always liked the show.
but i didn't read too much into it, i just watched and thought it was funny.
i thought it was poking fun at hypocritical bigots who proclaim themselves to be christians, but don't really follow anything in the bible. nothing more, just a sort of satirical comedy.
until that marathon was on.
the later episodes (season 3 is what i'm mainly referring to) focus less on our young hero orel, and more on the other citizens of moralton.
these episodes tugged on strings inside of me. i could feel my heart moving around, sinking, taking steps back. they disturbed me... i now know that "moral orel" is about a lot more than the misadventures of a young christian boy. it's about life. real life, and how everyone is, in one way or another, fucked up. it's a really beautiful (for lack of a better word), really sad thing. and the most heartbreaking conclusion i came to, is that the naive orel will end up like his father: a miserable, selfish alcoholic.
i'm going to re-watch every episode and see if i can get anything else from it.
EDIT 1/24: several weeks ago, i watched the last episode (after watching all the others, of course) and was delighted at orel's future. it made me smile. this series is wonderful.