Britney’s Role to Change on Will & Grace

Ok, I’m going to get myself in trouble for this one. So as you probably read, Britney Spears will be guesting on an upcoming episode of Will & Grace. According to the original statement Brit was going to play some kind of Christian-conservative chef on a cooking show entitled Cruci-fixins. Well, that didn’t sit well with some Christian groups, many of whom called for a boycott of the show. In response, NBC issued the following statement:

“Some erroneous information was mistakenly included in a press release describing an upcoming episode of ‘Will & Grace,’ which in fact has yet to be written. The refernce to Cruci-fixin’s won’t be in the show, and the story line will not contain a Christian characterization at all. We value our viewers and sincerely regret if this information has offended them.”

Seriously? Aren’t these conservative Christian groups always bitching about something? With all the horrible things happening in this world, don’t they have other things they need to worry about other than Britney Spears on Will & Grace? It’s called free speech people. And why is a network altering programming for one particular portion of the population? So is the deal that if a certain group complains about how they are being portrayed, NBC will alter the storylines to accomodate? That seems like a slippery slope. But if that’s the case I have a few requests…I’m Irish, and I don’t want NBC protraying Irish people as drunks or Mobsters anymore. And oh yeah, I’m from Boston, and we don’t all have those thick accents, so can you do something about that? There ‘s a fine line NBC…be careful.

To all I say live and let live. If you don’t like what you’re watching, there’s about 300 different channels you can turn to. NBC and other networks need to be careful about who they bow down to. Becuase let’s face it, if the Christian conservatives had their way, there would never be a show called Will & Grace in the first place.