If this painting of Angelina Jolie in her heavenly aspect means she’s the Virgin Mary, does that mean Brad Pitt is God?Actually, the answer is probably yes, depending on how you interpret this work by Kate Kretz called “Blessed Art Thou.”

It pretends to mock America’s celebrity and consumerism fetishes, but in Ms. Kretz’s description the painter actually seems to admire Angelina for her good work (?).  This smacks a lot of the idolotry shown Princess Diana (no longer a princess when she died, though she was the ultimate royalty to a fawning, stupidic public) for made-up and delusional saintly acts that the masses somehow attributed to her.

“In Brad Pitt, we trust,” I guess.  Pretty much sums up the mess we’re in here in the U.S. of A.