Apparently it all looks well done, with a satirical script and rather good acting, yet some scenes are way too exaggerated even for a dark comedy. Are there really people who behave at least partly like that in real life? Many characters are plain crazy, besides being frauds and criminals. And one might ponder whether such a satirical movie would ever be made about posers belonging to religions other than Christianity (if there was any trace of Christianity in the Gemstones' world). Or superficial folks may jump to the conclusion that it was religion itself that has made Gemstone-like people be like that, which is false of course, because such Gemstones didn't walk their talk at all. So it's a tricky topic and since the series had no relatable, normal characters so far, I wonder if McBride and his team would ever draw or suggest some sane, healthy contrast to that description of filthy hypocrisy.
Review of The Righteous Gemstones
The Righteous Gemstones
(2019– )
It needs contrast for sanity, or sanity for contrast
28 January 2022