NEWSFLASH: that Good Omens petition

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"More than 20,000 Christians have signed a petition demanding Netflix to cancel Amazon Prime’s series Good Omens... thousands of disgruntled Christians have now signed a petition for the series to be cancelled, but unfortunately addressing the wrong streaming site... Gaiman responded to the petition on Twitter, writing: ‘I love that they are going to write to Netflix to try and get GoodOmens cancelled. Says it all really. This is so beautiful … Promise me you won’t tell them?’..."

https://www.unilad.co.uk/film-and-tv/thousands-petition-netflix-to-cancel-good-omens-but-its-on-amazon-prime/

An early reaction from Dawson White, writing in the Charlotte Observer:

"A Christian group launched a petition in the hope of getting Netflix to cancel 'Good Omens,' a television show based on the best-selling novel by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. The problem? It’s an Amazon Prime show. The internet had a field day and now, Netflix UK & Ireland is getting in on the fun... 'We promise not to make anymore,' it wrote. 'Good Omens' follows a demon and an angel as they try to prevent the end of the world. The petition has been signed by more than 20,000 people and is the work of Return to Order, a branch of the US Foundation for a Christian Civilization, the Guardian reported..."

The article also reprinted some pertinent tweets:

"neilhimself I love that they are going to write to Netflix to try and get #GoodOmens cancelled. Says it all really."

"jamesmoran Replying to neilhimself Really worried this might affect season 2, hope it doesn’t get cancelled after just one season... OMG, just checked Netflix, it’s like Good Omens was never even there! These are powerful forces at work."

"Rachel Jones This is just too perfect 1) playing to the exact stereotypes in the book 2) it wasn’t on Netflix
It’s almost as if neilhimself wrote it..."

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article231800958.html

...and a relevant prophecy from Agnes Nutter that's come to light on Twitter, as it were:

https://twitter.com/brandiejune/status/1141949502330306560

Here be a smattering of other writeups:

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-48718038

https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/good-omens-christian-petition-amazon-prime-netflix-1203249420/

https://www.indiewire.com/2019/06/neil-gaiman-good-omens-canceled-christian-group-1202151603/

https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-ent-good-omens-religious-petition-netflix-20190620-7mbcbvo5ubbqrhxnd2qypdirzy-story.html

https://www.businessinsider.com/mistaken-petition-asks-netflix-to-cancel-amazons-good-omens-2019-6

https://nypost.com/2019/06/20/christian-group-petitions-netflix-to-cancel-amazons-good-omens/

https://www.newser.com/story/276789/20k-christians-demand-netflix-cancel-show.html

https://www.thewrap.com/good-omens-christian-petition-netflix-cancel-amazon-neil-gaiman/

https://www.vulture.com/2019/06/christians-petition-netflix-to-cancel-amazons-good-omens.html

https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/20/18693159/good-omens-petition-amazon-netflix-neil-gaiman

https://popculture.com/streaming/2019/06/20/good-omens-religious-group-petitions-netflix-cancellation-amazon-prime/

https://kpax.com/cnn-entertainment/2019/06/20/more-than-20000-christians-asked-the-wrong-streaming-service-to-remove-the-show-good-omens/

https://www.tvweek.com/tvbizwire/2019/06/christian-group-petitions-netflix-to-cancel-series-but-its-not-on-netflix/

https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1143349/Good-Omens-petition-return-to-order-campaign-amazon-prime-neil-gaiman-video

https://meaww.com/good-omens-amazon-prime-christian-group-netflix-petition-cancel-return-to-order-neil-gaiman

https://www.techspot.com/news/80610-over-20000-christians-sign-petition-demanding-netflix-cancels.html


NOTE: an expanded version of this post will appear in the second June issue of Wossname, coming your way later this week - Ed.