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Catholics Rip Larry for Whizzing on Jesus

Urine taken for 'miraculous tears' by Curb characters

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 30, 2009 4:05 AM CDT

(Newser) – The US Catholic League has complained about an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm that shows Larry David accidentally urinating on a painting of Jesus hanging in a bathroom. Other characters then think the painting is miraculously crying. "Was Larry David always this crude?" asked angry league president Bill Donahue. "Would he think it comic if someone urinated on a picture of his mother?" A statement from HBO said the humor of the program is "always playful and certainly never malicious," reports the Telegraph.
The Catholic League isn't laughing about 'miraculous Jesus tears' on an episode of Larry David's comedy series.
The Catholic League isn't laughing about 'miraculous Jesus tears' on an episode of Larry David's comedy series.   (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)
Larry David is coming under fire for a 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' episode that has characters posing as Catholics mistaking urine on a painting of Jesus for miraculous tears.
Larry David is coming under fire for a 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' episode that has characters posing as Catholics mistaking urine on a painting of Jesus for miraculous tears.   (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
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COMMENTS
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Spudsy
Nov 1, 2009 10:47 AM CST
If they hadn't protested this show, very few would have ever heard about the episode.
Gallstone
Nov 1, 2009 6:51 AM CST
There was never a cartoonist killed 'in Europe' for poking fun at Islam.. I know, I live there. And Rushdie's doing fine. If you stop generalizing, you don't have to be scared of everything.
Fiskebolle
Oct 31, 2009 4:34 AM CDT
You need to do this to a protected group before my righteous, enlightened self can get in a hissyfit, sorry.

 
parody • satire • Larry David • Curb Your Enthusiasm • comedy • Catholic League • Catholic • Jesus Christ

 
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