Are your there decency?? Not on Chelsea.

By: American Decency Staff

The raunchy new sitcom, “Are You There, Chelseaâ€Â aired again last evening at 8:30 pm – filling the half hour with an endless stream of vulgar sex jokes, mixed with a heaping dose of Christian-bashing and abstinence-mocking. NBC, the network which airs “Are You There, Chelsea?â€Â (originally titled “Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me Chelseaâ€Â), euphemistically describes the lead character Chelsea as a “sexually dynamic ‘advanced drinker’.â€ÂÂ  One TV reviewer more accurately described her this way – a “slutty, boozy bartender.â€Â Please help us continue the pressure upon the corporations empowering this trash. Click here to send a message to the sponsors and forward this email to friends and family, asking them to take action, too! Read more below: It’s not often I agree with secular television critics who typically label as “sophisticatedâ€Â what I would call sordid.  However, here is just a sampling of the dozens of negative reviews I’ve seen regarding “Are You There, Chelsea?â€Â New York Post – “… As a sitcom, it’s grim. I mean, how funny is it to watch an alcoholic, going-nowhere pub waitress get drunk daily and have sex with anyone who’ll have her? … While NBC seems to think this is all edgy, hipster and modern, in reality, it’s just a parody of every sad, drunken, desperate woman you’ve ever met  …â€Â Boston Herald -  “… Are You There, Chelsea?â€Â creates euphemisms for sex and lady parts unheard of in this territory — much less the time slot — and completely unprintable in this newspaper. New York Daily News – “… In a way, the Chelsea character here is a guy we’ve met in a thousand sitcoms, so obsessed with sex and drinking and the good-time party life that he’s oblivious to everything else.  …â€Â Hollywood Reporter –  “…Chelsea tells the story of a woman who works as a waitress at a sports bar and says stuff like, "I'm so excited to show him my boobs," talks about "boners" and excessive drinking  …  The show is so wrapped up in moving the needle of apparently outrageous behavior that it never does anything but repeat itself. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – “… 8:30 p.m. seems way too early for explicit sex jokes …â€Â USA Today – “… Almost every joke that's not about Chelsea's desire to drink is about her desire to have sex (or, if a red-haired man is involved, not have sex). It's enough to make CBS' Monday lineup look classy by comparison.â€Â TV Guide – “… The smarmy and incessant innuendo is more deafening than the laugh track …â€Â Newsday – “ … With a laser focus on the male sex organ and the various double entendres and puns that refer to it …â€Â As the Boston Herald reporter stated above, much of what aired in last night’s episode is unprintable here – a slew of crude sexual verbiage and euphemisms, while mocking her roommate, and other Christians, for waiting until marriage for sex. The opening narration of the episode has Chelsea saying:  “My roommate  DeeDee was a member of a rare and  endangered species – 26 year old virgins.  I love her, but she was always, always, always on our couch …â€Â While Chelsea gloats about having had sex in every room of her apartment – even her roommate’s bedroom – she is determined to find a guy for her virgin roommate. Another friend asks Chelsea:  “Do you remember what it felt like to be a virgin?â€Â Chelsea replies:  “Not really, but I remember it felt wrong.â€Â In the episode, Chelsea’s “prudishâ€Â Christian sister rents the bar for a church singles group event, entitled Chastity Jam – setting up a boat-load of jokes about abstinence and Christianity. As Chelsea decides the Christian rock music being performed at the event isn’t too bad, she asks what the song lyrics said – when told it was about resurrection, she disappointingly states:  “Oh, I didn’t get the ‘res’ part.â€Â Of course, it’s not long before Chelsea is shown in the back of a van with the young male lead singer of the Christian band. Without being more explicit, the above examples should let you know this is one of the worst – if not the worst – show on network television. Last week we had a great response to readers taking action – contacting the advertisers who sponsored this show.  Please help us continue the pressure upon these corporations empowering this trash.  Click on the link below to send a message to the sponsors and forward this email to friends and family, asking them to take action, too! Advertisers included: JC Penney’s, Macys, Olive Garden, Colgate, Maybelline, Visa, and others. Take Action!  Click here to urge advertisers to pull their ads from this culture-polluting show. ========================================================== To support our efforts please click here or mail your gift to American Decency Association (ADA), PO Box 202, Fremont, MI 49412. American Decency Association is a member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability.

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