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How Seth Rogen Made the Extremely Non-P.C. Comic Preacher Safe for TV
How Seth Rogen Made the Extremely Non-P.C. Comic Preacher Safe for TV
In October 2013, zhlubby moguls Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg asked Breaking Bad writer and producer Sam Catlin to work with them as showrunner on a televised adaptation of the cult-hit comic-book series Preacher. They gave him a copy of the source material - 66 issues, published by DC Comics imprint Vertigo between 1995 and 2000 - which Catlin quickly devoured.
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This article has kind of convinced me to give the tv show a shot (and I'll be interested in the discussion about it on Talking Preacher). I read the comics when I was younger and even though I love a lot of dark, crazy stuff, the violence/racism/sexism/etc was gratuitous enough that I started to feel like "this is made for teen boys, not men or certainly women of any age".
I am particularly glad to see that they don't plan to just rehash the same plot and that they plan to update Tulip. She was always my least favorite among a cast of really terrible female characters that really only exist for the men (often Jesse in particular).
I was really impressed with the pilot, but I also do not really know the comic. I do have friends that are fans of the comic and they really like what Rogen has done with it so far.
Two episodes in and I think they managed to do a great job updating Tulip. This show is top notch!