GETTING OFF THE JOHN FROM CINCINNATI

The eternal theological question is how can an omnipotent, omniscient and benevolent God permit evil and suffering. This question even has an entire branch of theology and philosophy dedicated to its resolution, Theodicy.

A corollary question is how can an omnipotent, omniscient and benevolent God permit the creation of a set of photons and electrons in the form of the cancelled HBO series “John From Cincinnati?”

SO MUCH FOR THEOLOGY AND JOHN FROM CINCINNATI.

HBO recently reran all 10 episodes of “John From Cincinnati” (JFC). The Author did not watch much of the original broadcast of JFC in the summer of 2007. The show was unfathomably confused and abstruse. Theo-gibberish, characters and dialogue that defied comprehension, and a family of surfing sociopaths that lie beyond any rationale for redemption. If an omnipotent, omniscient and benevolent God would seek out the Yost family for enlightnment and redemption, then eternal damnation would be a more deserving fate for the human species.

However, the Author decided to give JFC a fair shot. He watched all ten episodes as they were rebroadcast over that last two or three weeks. Condolences are in order.

The episodes were so disjointed that the Author thought the “final" (10th) episode was the penultimate episode. He tuned in the evening when he expected to see the "final" episode of JFC and found that the first episode of Deadwood was showing. The Author checked the HBO schedule and found that JFC had inconclusively (and mercifully) ended the prior evening.

MOTHER OF GOD, CASS-KAI, SHUT OFF AND DESTROY THAT FREAKING CAMERA!

PHOTONS AND ELECTIONS MAY COME AND GO. BUT THE DESERT OF THE REAL IS FOREVER!