Society In 2023 Reflected In Awards Ceremony

This Is America’s Culture Now…

Michael Snyder

If people that lived 50 or 60 years ago could see us today, what would they think of our culture?  I believe that the performance of “Unholy” at the Grammy Awards on Sunday night will go down in history as a pivotal cultural moment.  

Yes, the “horror movie-inspired performance” that Sam Smith and Kim Petras came up with was designed to get as much attention as possible.  They wanted people like me to write about it, and that is exactly what I am doing.  But just because they were seeking attention does not change the fact that their performance was unspeakably evil.  And it also does not change the fact that millions of their fans absolutely adored it.  We have gotten to a point where our culture openly celebrates wickedness, and that is a very dangerous place to be.

Sam Smith and Kim Petras knew exactly what they were doing, and the mainstream media was alerted in advance that “there will be calls to CBS from outraged Christians”…

But my sources say the production of this number “is going to make a lot of people very upset, and I guarantee there will be calls to CBS from outraged Christians.”

Apparently Smith — who is six foot five and a big person — will be playing Satan, there will be a lot of devil type stuff, devil worship, and “pyrotechnics like you’ve never seen.”

My source adds: “It’s over the top and really crazy.”

They understood very well that people like us would be deeply offended by their performance, but they went ahead and did it anyway.

Of course there are many other groups that can never be offended on national television under any circumstances.

But offending Christians is perfectly okay in this day and age.

And CBS knew precisely what was coming.  In a tweet that has now apparently been deleted, the official CBS Twitter account boldly declared that “we are ready to worship”.

How sick is that?

Quite appropriately, Madonna was picked to introduce this performance, and she made it abundantly clear that she also knew exactly what was about to happen…

Before they took to the stage, Madonna made an appearance, asking the crowd: “Are you ready for a little controversy? Here’s what I’ve learned after four decades in music. If they call you shocking, scandalous, troublesome, problematic, provocative or dangerous, you are definitely onto something.

“I’m here to give thanks to all the rebels out there, forging a new path and taking the heat for all of it. All you troublemakers out there need to know that your fearlessness does not go unnoticed. You are seen, you are heard and, most of all, you are appreciated.”

She concluded: “So now, speaking of controversy, it gives me great pleasure to introduce two incredibly talented artists who have risen above the noise, the doubt, the critics into something beautifully unholy. Here are two Grammy award winners, Sam Smith and Kim Petras.”

Following Madonna’s introduction, Sam Smith and Kim Petras unleashed what was perhaps the most demonic performance that we have ever seen on national television.

The following is how the official website of the Grammy Awards described their performance…

Surrounded by long-haired acolytes in identical red sheaths, Smith kicked off the performance in an outfit of latex and a devil-horned top hat before Petras made her grand entrance in a giant cage guarded by a trio of she-devils. “Mummy don’t know daddy’s getting hot/ At the body shop, doin’ something unholy,” the duo belted in hellish harmony as a wall of fire erupted on stage behind Petras’ personal prison.

Needless to say, this performance immediately went viral on Twitter, and many of the users very clearly understood what they had just witnessed…

One viewer tweeted: “You don’t have to be super religious to be disturbed by that Sam Smith devil-worshipping performance.” Another posted: “I know we on the right probably use the word satanic too often but this performance from Sam Smith is literally a tribute to Satan.”

And I think that Liz Wheeler had one of the best tweets of the night…

Don’t fight the culture wars, they say. Meanwhile demons are teaching your kids to worship Satan. I could throw up.

Can you imagine what the rest of the world must be thinking about us after seeing this?

This is what high level entertainment looks like in America in 2023.

It is absolutely disgusting.

Later on in the show, host Trevor Noah also demonstrated that he knew in advance that this was coming, because he had jokes about it ready to go…

They can literally air a tribute to Satan during our most important music awards ceremony while millions of people are watching, and most people simply do not care.