Gethard Retweets:

“for some, jesus christ superstar was the live tv event of the week. for the rest of us, there’s the full on occult ritual @ChrisGethard subjected himself to tonight to win over middle america. hail satan, bless Gethard” https://twitter.com/thedangerface/status/981388316464513031?s=20

“Did i you just watch Will Ferrell summon a demon?” https://twitter.com/RandomVillain/status/981731378826903553?s=20

Deleted comments by Gethard himself. https://archive.is/7gxSr

As a user points now, the phrase “This is not art” relates to Marinas Abramovic conception of magic rituals. “Marina! What place do you see the occult having within contemporary art; can magick be made (not simply appropriated/ performed)? Thanks, K”

“Everything depends on which context you are doing what you are doing. If you are doing the occult magic in the context of art or in a gallery, then it is the art. If you are doing it in different context, in spiritual circles or private house or on TV shows, it is not art. The intention, the context for what is made, and where it is made defines what art is or not.”

Ferrell also states: “There is not much of a metaphor here, this is all clear cut"