http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/16411/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/tv-critics%C2%A0smear-scary-bible-belt <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/kristen-fyfe">Kristen Fyfe</a> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <div class="field-label-inline"> By</div> <a href="/author/robert-knight">Robert Knight</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>To New York Times TV critic Alessandra Stanley, the Christian South is ''the Loire Valley of American extremism.'' Not to be outdone, Washington Post critic Tom Shales calls the Bible Belt ''scary as hell.'' </p> <p>The two critics unveiled their warped view of evangelical Christianity in reviews of Alexandra Pelosi's new HBO documentary, '<a href="http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/friends_of_god/index.html" />'Friends of God</a>,'' which premiered Jan. 25. </p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/tv-critics%C2%A0smear-scary-bible-belt" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Culture Education AlexandraPelosi BibleBelt Christians critics FriendsofGod shales stanley Television Mon, 29 Jan 2007 05:00:00 +0000 admin 27925 at http://archive2.mrc.org