Atreides Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 I'm pretty sure everyone knows that Chef quit South Park, "saying he could no longer tolerate its religious 'intolerance and bigotry'" which Matt and Trey say is really over his belief in Scientology which was mocked. Anyway Trapped in the Closet was apparently pulled with rumours about Cruise's involvement. What do you guys think? Spreading beauty with my katana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judge Hades Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 Not that I like South Park's inane toilet humor, but its it has mocked religion for years and just now the Voice actor decides to leave? Lame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baley Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 (edited) "So, Scientology, you may have won THIS battle, but the million-year war for earth has just begun! Temporarily anozinizing our episode will NOT stop us from keeping Thetans forever trapped in your pitiful man-bodies. Curses and drat! You have obstructed us for now, but your feeble bid to save humanity will fail! Hail Xenu!!!" http://www.variety.com/VR1117939918.html It's funny, he was perfectly okay with cashing the dough made on mocking all the other religions. Edited March 18, 2006 by Baley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 I thought it was interesting that they had a Muhammad figure way before this political cartoon uproar, and no one blinked twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabrielle Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 I thought it was interesting that they had a Muhammad figure way before this political cartoon uproar, and no one blinked twice. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Even though I do not watch South Park much, but I faintly recall that episode. I guess it wasn't a problem back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atreides Posted March 18, 2006 Author Share Posted March 18, 2006 Was it the Jesus and Super Friends episode? Spreading beauty with my katana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Moth Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 Yup. I thought that one was funny. Giant John Wilkes Boothe for the win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigboy2 Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 (edited) I'm pretty sure everyone knows that Chef quit South Park, "saying he could no longer tolerate its religious 'intolerance and bigotry'" which Matt and Trey say is really over his belief in Scientology which was mocked. Anyway Trapped in the Closet was apparently pulled with rumours about Cruise's involvement. What do you guys think? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> So what, it's South Park. They make fun of everything. Edited March 18, 2006 by Craigboy2 "Your total disregard for the law and human decency both disgusts me and touches my heart. Bless you, sir." "Soilent Green is people. This guy's just a homeless heroin junkie who got in a internet caf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plano Skywalker Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 I thought it was interesting that they had a Muhammad figure way before this political cartoon uproar, and no one blinked twice. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> they have also joked about Jews in Nazi Germany, IIRC. how anyone can participate in that show without knowing that it is slimeball humor of the worst kind is beyond me. I guess it's better late than never. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metadigital Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 "So, Scientology, you may have won THIS battle, but the million-year war for earth has just begun! Temporarily anozinizing our episode will NOT stop us from keeping Thetans forever trapped in your pitiful man-bodies. Curses and drat! You have obstructed us for now, but your feeble bid to save humanity will fail! Hail Xenu!!!" http://www.variety.com/VR1117939918.html It's funny, he was perfectly okay with cashing the dough made on mocking all the other religions. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Baley's keen eye for hypocrisy FTW. OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surreptishus Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 They've mocked Catholics and Mormons, the former on more than one occassion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pope Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 (edited) Trapped In The Closet is the funniest South Park episode to date. John Travolta: "Hey it's really nice in here." Tom Cruise: "Yea I told ya." John Travolta: "I feel really safe, oh my GOD!" R Kelly: "And if Tom Cruise and John Travolta don't come out of the closet I'm gonna cap this b*tch!" They'll probably come up with a hilarious way to cut Chef out of the series, or maybe change his voice for some wacky reason. Chef's role isn't what it used to be anyway. Edited March 18, 2006 by Pope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judge Hades Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 The should have Jesus murder Chef. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabrielle Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 Have Muhammad praise jesus for the deed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf16 Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 I thought it was interesting that they had a Muhammad figure way before this political cartoon uproar, and no one blinked twice. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> they have also joked about Jews in Nazi Germany, IIRC. how anyone can participate in that show without knowing that it is slimeball humor of the worst kind is beyond me. I guess it's better late than never. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Why did this make me laugh? I had thought that some of nature's journeymen had made men and not made them well, for they imitated humanity so abominably. - Book of Counted Sorrows 'Cause I won't know the man that kills me and I don't know these men I kill but we all wind up on the same side 'cause ain't none of us doin' god's will. - Everlast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surreptishus Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 Is that the episode where Cartman becomes Hitler? Yeah that was a funny one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atreides Posted March 19, 2006 Author Share Posted March 19, 2006 Don't know about being "in" Nazi Germany. I think Cartman ended up being mini Hitler after watching the Passion of Christ to rag on Kyle - how some Jews persecuted Jesus etc. Wild episode. Spreading beauty with my katana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surreptishus Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 They've depicted Moses as some kind of energy type being... while that isn't 100% respectful it's far from insulting. Also the depiction of Muhammad in that super friends episode was not supposed to be negative or anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabrielle Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 I need to get this on DVD, it sounds like my type of humor. I only watched it sparingly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pope Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 People bashing South Park really don't understand its genius. At first it may come off as simple toilet humor, but it honestly is a lot more sophisticated than that. Especially the later seasons (starting from the fifth) are mainly about tackling actuality issues, such as stam cell research and the worshipping of sluts like Paris Hilton. Those episodes more often than not have a hidden message to them. Even the Simpsons only rarely did that. That's why to me, South Park is the best cartoon ever; not only is it hilarious, but it's smart too. You just have to look beyond the cursing and dissing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahf Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 People bashing South Park really don't understand its genius. At first it may come off as simple toilet humor, but it honestly is a lot more sophisticated than that. Especially the later seasons (starting from the fifth) are mainly about tackling actuality issues, such as stam cell research and the worshipping of sluts like Paris Hilton. Those episodes more often than not have a hidden message to them. Even the Simpsons only rarely did that. That's why to me, South Park is the best cartoon ever; not only is it hilarious, but it's smart too. You just have to look beyond the cursing and dissing. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The genius of the simpsons is that they never take a side. As soon as they seem to, they undercut it by making fun of it. If anything, they can be said to always come back to the significance of the family unit. To say that they "rarely had a hidden message" and that this makes it not as good as South Park seems to miss the point of either show. Anyone can make obvious allegories, and South Park has done that plenty of times (the messages are hardly hidden). But that's not particularly special. It is a funny show, but the writing and the messages they achieve are not nearly as clever as what the Simpsons does in subtly undercutting all sides of any given issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colrom Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 I thought it was interesting that they had a Muhammad figure way before this political cartoon uproar, and no one blinked twice. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Even though I do not watch South Park much, but I faintly recall that episode. I guess it wasn't a problem back then. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Did they put a bomb in his hat or have him talk about virgins to suicide bombers? It never was just the representation. It was the mockery and the malice. Sort of like the derogatory anti Jewish jokes that the Europeans used to tell before they killed most of the Jews in Europe. Some jokes are kinda funny. Some are kinda vicious. Knowing the difference can be a survival skill. As dark is the absence of light, so evil is the absence of good. If you would destroy evil, do good. Evil cannot be perfected. Thank God. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pope Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 The genius of the simpsons is that they never take a side. As soon as they seem to, they undercut it by making fun of it. If anything, they can be said to always come back to the significance of the family unit. To say that they "rarely had a hidden message" and that this makes it not as good as South Park seems to miss the point of either show.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Showing the family unit's significance isn't as hilarious as mocking silly modern day phenomena though. The Simpsons have had their prime. South Park is at the top of my list now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colrom Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 (edited) Anyway, I'm not so familiar with South Park, although I have seen a few shows. It seems pretty smart to me - mostly exposing hypocracy every which way. Not much malice I can detect - although I may just be missing it. Too bad about the scientology show. I guess we will have to wait to see what they have in mind. But we will, I'm sure. Edited March 20, 2006 by Colrom As dark is the absence of light, so evil is the absence of good. If you would destroy evil, do good. Evil cannot be perfected. Thank God. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taks Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 turns out isaac hayes had a stroke in january, and probably was not even capable of "quitting" the show. it seems someone on the dark side of the scientology world (er, yeah, all of 'em) actually issued the statement. apparently he was a bit perturbed by what he saw as a misrepresentation of scientology, but was not interested in quitting over it (remember, it originally aired last fall). the ironic part is he defended scientology in the fall for not practicing such antics, yet here someone goes and quits the show for him, without consulting his actual opinion in the first place. maybe, if he recovers, he'll see the fools for what they really are: con artists running a cult. taks comrade taks... just because. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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