Orthodixie
Okay, fine, I get it. Maybe that’s why I was found in church in my pajamas on Pascha night!
But I still don’t get the appearance of Elton John, Lady GaGa, and … Carol O’Connor!
Let’s think about this a sec– Elton was singing Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.
In that song, I guess we could see that, like the movie, the Yellow Brick Road leads to Oz – a city of pure superficiality. All glittery, but very little substance – the Wizard himself being a metaphor for the life of empty wealth …
I believe the song that Lady GaGa was singing in the last episode … uh, I can’t read those lyrics on Ancient Faith Radio — on second thought … never read the lyrics of a Lady GaGa song!
But her latest hits says:
I’m beautiful in my way
‘Cause God makes no mistakes
I’m on the right track, baby
I was born this way
Don’t hide yourself in regret,
Just love yourself and you’re set
I’m on the right track, baby …
Then there was Carrol O’Connor as Archie Bunker and his theory of race:
The sames should stay with the sames, and the differents should stay with the differents.
But, really, what’s with all the dirty laundry airing on the clothes line in front of the iconostasis?
Honestly? That one’s a no-brainer.
Hanging out other people’s dirty laundry for all to see, especially during the Great Fast –
scratch that …
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