How much of a jump creatively was it to go from writing about Walmart to writing about religion?
Catherine Capellaro: It was pretty easy, actually. Walmart gave us true-life things that were scarier and weirder than anything we could make up, and the same is true for the Christian right. I felt even less inclined to approach it with any sense of realism, though. The pieces we’re doing are impressionistic and silly, and that’s fun. I’m not a practicing Christian, and Andrew and I were a little shocked to find polls that show more than 50 percent of Americans completely reject all scientific explanations for evolution. It was a topic that had a lot of juice for us. D: Do you feel any guilt satirizing Christians? CC: Satirizing Walmart was super fun because they’re so giant and gratifying to make fun of. I don’t feel any guilt about the new shows, but I also want people to know we’re not against Christianity. I wouldn’t want people to stay away knowing we don’t pull punches, but Andrew especially is a spiritual guy, and there’s some real soul-searching stuff in our re-imagining of th
