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Should Christians Watch Ratched?

Name: GodlyScore Review: Should Christians Watch Ratched?
Item: Ratched
Rating: 0.3
Author: GodlyScore

Ratched (Netflix, 2020) is Ryan Murphy's prequel to One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, following the origin story of Nurse Ratched. Like most Ryan Murphy productions, it is visually stylized, extreme, and explicitly ideological.

GODLY

Ratched

Avoid

☆☆☆☆☆0.3/5 · GodlyScore 5/100

Graphic sexual content, extreme violence, Christianity mocked in multiple storylines, and Ryan Murphy's ideological agenda — among the lowest-scoring content on Netflix.

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Ryan Murphy's Pattern

Ryan Murphy has described inserting LGBT content and progressive ideology into mainstream entertainment as a deliberate creative strategy. Ratched is a vehicle for this — it features a lesbian protagonist and multiple storylines that mock Christian faith. A Catholic priest character is depicted in a storyline involving pedophilia and murder. Religious faith is consistently associated with hypocrisy and violence.

Content Reality

Ratched contains graphic violence including surgical horror, explicit sexual content, and sustained anti-Christian imagery. Ephesians 5:11's instruction to have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness applies directly.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Ratched appropriate for Christians?

No — Ratched scores 5/100 (Avoid). Graphic sexual content, extreme violence, sustained mockery of Christian faith, and part of Ryan Murphy's explicit project to shift cultural attitudes away from traditional religious values.

Is Ratched connected to One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest?

Ratched is a prequel featuring a young Nurse Ratched. Ryan Murphy's stylistic choices differ dramatically from the source material.