Moral Orel

Fuck, I love this show. You'd be hard-pressed to find better writing for an animated show anywhere. Especially the episode "Sacrifice", for the sheer number of different subtexts and character relationships they juggle in a single scene's worth of dialogue.

Honestly, I did not care for it at all. But that's just my opinion.

I was pretty devastated when it was canceled.

Oh man, I fucking loved this show.

Soooooo dark. O_O

I loved this too. It's as if they tapped directly into the dark underbelly of Fundamentalist Protestantism.

I love Moral Orel. MoralOrel is a good look up page.

edited 11th Oct '10 7:55:06 AM by secretist

You'd be hard-pressed to find better writing for an animated show anywhere.

I found it overly obvious and too strawmanny to be effective. Every episode is basically OREL TAKES CHRISTIAN TEACHINGS WAY TOO LITERALLY, ALSO THE PRIEST IS NON-STEREOTYPICAL.

Ultimately, it's a much less effective parody of Christian fundamentalism than Christian fundamentalism is.

^ That was the premise for the first season. After that, the slide of Moralton and it's inhabitants into the moral abyss became the focus. From what I can tell, at least. No DVDs of those seasons, since Adult Swim wants nothing to do with them.

edited 11th Oct '10 9:27:46 AM by DarkDecapodian

Orel represents Christianity as a whole, for the fact that he is very pious, but being naive, he ends up doing very... "unforgivable" things in order to prove his love for God.

What happened to Missouri to create Statesotta anyways?

Statesota is legally seceded from the rest of the United States.

edited 12th Oct '10 11:57:28 AM by DonZabu

Found That Other Wiki quote:

The program takes place in the fictional city of Moralton, in the fictional U.S. state "Statesota," which is made up of most of Kansas, western Missouri, north Oklahoma, and a portion of Arkansas. According to the globe shown in the opening credits, Moralton is in the exact center of the United States, with the town's church at the exact center of the town (and therefore the country).

Upon hearing that it goes much darker than any Adult Swim show ever had beforehand thematically, I knew I had to get into the show. I hope to see more of it in the near future.

I hear this show looks like Robot Chicken. I mistook the former for the latter, the first time I saw it, and wondered why it didn't go on to the next skit!

Hi, I know most people may not speak Spanish here but still, I want to share my review with you. Even if you don't know Spanish if you can check and like is of great help for the channel. Thank you.

Edited by Dgon on Jun 9th 2022 at 10:27:18 AM