Ex-Catholic hosts ask this question every other week as they tackle the list of films “Condemned” or considered “Morally Offensive” by the Catholic Legion of Decency (RIP) and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Each week, they explore the production history of these movies while also exploring topics relevant to their ex-Catholic backgrounds and relevant, contemporary social issues. Not just for former Catholics, Morally Offensive is a podcast for anyone interested in social issues, film history, as well as the history of censorship in the United States. It’s a podcast for people who watch dirty b-movies on Tubi, Italian cinema classics on the Criterion Channel, TCM devotees, or even your cousin who owns every Fast and the Furious movie on 4k.
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Ex-Catholic hosts ask this question every other week as they tackle the list of films “Condemned” or considered “Morally Offensive” by the Catholic Legion of Decency (RIP) and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Each week, they explore the production history of these movies while also exploring topics relevant to their ex-Catholic backgrounds and relevant, contemporary social issues. Not just for former Catholics, Morally Offensive is a podcast for anyone interested in social issues, film history, as well as the history of censorship in the United States. It’s a podcast for people who watch dirty b-movies on Tubi, Italian cinema classics on the Criterion Channel, TCM devotees, or even your cousin who owns every Fast and the Furious movie on 4k.
The Devils (1971): The True Story of Witch Hunts, Mass Hysteria, and Moral Panic in the Catholic Church
Morally Offensive
2 hours 31 minutes 34 seconds
4 months ago
The Devils (1971): The True Story of Witch Hunts, Mass Hysteria, and Moral Panic in the Catholic Church
On this episode of Morally Offensive, Cisco takes a break, so Bill is joined by frequent guest and film presenter Stephanie Sack along with television producer and writer Ken Melvoin-Berg to dive headfirst into The Devils (1971), Ken Russell’s blasphemous, banned, and still shocking masterpiece. Based on Aldous Huxley’s The Devils of Loudun, this true story of sex, power, witch hunts, and moral panic in the Catholic Church proves that real life is often stranger, and in this case even more offensive, than fiction. The crew breaks down the history behind the Loudun possessions, digs into the background of filmmaker Ken Russell, and reads scathing “Condemned” reviews from outraged Catholic news sources. Tune in to find out why some are calling Morally Offensive the ”podcast equivalent of a forced enema exorcism”.
Morally Offensive
Ex-Catholic hosts ask this question every other week as they tackle the list of films “Condemned” or considered “Morally Offensive” by the Catholic Legion of Decency (RIP) and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Each week, they explore the production history of these movies while also exploring topics relevant to their ex-Catholic backgrounds and relevant, contemporary social issues. Not just for former Catholics, Morally Offensive is a podcast for anyone interested in social issues, film history, as well as the history of censorship in the United States. It’s a podcast for people who watch dirty b-movies on Tubi, Italian cinema classics on the Criterion Channel, TCM devotees, or even your cousin who owns every Fast and the Furious movie on 4k.
