John Mulaney’s “Kid Gorgeous” and Christ-haunted Comedians

In 2018, I wrote an article for the Word on Fire website about comedian John Mulaney’s public engagement with his Catholic background and what it can teach us about evangelizing in a post-modern context today.

”Flannery O’Connor, famed Catholic author from the south who lived during the twentieth century, once reflected, “While the South isn’t Christ-centered, it is certainly Christ-haunted.”

Christ-haunted. That phrase came to mind when I watched “Kid Gorgeous,” John Mulaney’s latest stand-up special available on Netflix.”

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