A Christian group started a petition calling for the cancellation of Netflix's "offensive" show Good Omens, but there's only one slight problem: the series wasn't produced by Netflix, but by Amazon Prime.
More than 20,000 supporters signed the petition which was launched by The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property last week.
In it, they complained that Good Omens, the television series adapted from Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's 1990 fantasy novel, is "another step to make satanism appear normal, light and acceptable", arguing that it is "mocking God's wisdom" because God's character is "voiced by a woman".
They also wrote that they believe "this type of video makes light of Truth, Error, Good and Evil, and destroys the barriers of horror that society still has for the devil", calling for Netflix to subsequently cancel the show.
But people quickly spotted the fundamental mistake, leading to amused Twitter posts not only by Gaiman himself (he served as the show runner on the six-part miniseries) but also Netflix and Amazon Prime, who took the opportunity to poke some fun at each other.
I love that they are going to write to Netflix to try and get #GoodOmens cancelled. Says it all really. https://t.co/8WNxCY1YmV— Neil Gaiman (@Neil Gaiman) 1560958672
ok we promise not to make any more https://t.co/TRPux36kcX— Netflix UK & Ireland (@Netflix UK & Ireland) 1561058348
Somewhere Aziraphale and Crowley are asking each other who's responsible for this one. 😂 #GoodOmens https://t.co/OFrzQ2IrAb— Good Omens (@Good Omens) 1561046938
Best reply ever. #GoodOmens https://t.co/eiU8g7POMz— Neil Gaiman (@Neil Gaiman) 1561065091
Hey @netflix, we'll cancel Stranger Things if you cancel Good Omens. 😉 https://t.co/EJPmi9rL7g— Prime Video (@Prime Video) 1561068223
The group has since admitted to its mistake and have since updated the petition, claiming it was "an oversight".
The full trailer can be watched here:
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