Farrelly's South Park masterminds in creative feud

CTV-Canada ^ | December 14, 2005 | Associated Press

[SONbrad]

Lighten up Francis.

[SlowBoat407]

There was an episode in which Butters wanted to wreak havoc in South Park, but every time he came up with something, he found out it had already been done on "The Simpsons".

[balch3]

yes, ridiculing the Virgin Mary is a conservative ideal /sarcasm.

[trashcanbred]

And while they may take pot shots at liberal causes, they also heap a great deal of scorn on institutions that should be dear to the hearts of most conservatives, such as organized religion.

I don't know about you but organized religions such as Scientology need to be scorned. I have worked with these people in the past and they are a dangerous cult.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

And take a look at the idea they're fighting over: Making fun of retarded people. Real uplifting.

It was just as funny when Howard Stern was doing it (a big fat zero on the 1-10 scale).

[Rebelbase]

Please move this thread to the Religion Forum. Thank-you!

[Durus]

You google a story that you accept without question due to your intent, although you are admittedly ignorant on the show in general. You post a story that has already been posted multiple times showing your lack of respect to the original posters. Then you make the claim that organized religion should be dear to the hearts of Conservatives.

1. It wasn't plagiarism as the show was conceived before the screenplay was written and the show itself was produced and released before the movie was made.
2. The search feature on the forum prevents multiple posting of of articles.
3. Ones membership in an Organized religion does not make one Conservative.

[Proud_texan]

"they also heap a great deal of scorn on institutions that should be dear to the hearts of most conservatives, such as organized religion."

I read the thread from yesterday and was tempted to chime in but frankly it got so vitriolic I chickened out but I just can't sit on my hands any longer so allow me to offer a thought.

It's a cartoon. It's easily turned off.

On the other hand, some pretty ugly real life stuff has been engaged in by those who used organized religion as a cover. In fact some of those not involved covered up for the miscreants.

In the thread yesterday it was on the subject of SP and the virgin Mary and I wanted to point out that if the same reaction had been present by a larger number of Catholics over pedophile priests the world just might be a better place. That was/is no cartoon. It was the real world, it happened to real people, it was/is as vile as anything I can think of far surpassing anything that SP, which I can easily switch off, can ever achieve.

That is not a swipe intended solely for the Roman Church. If you think so I can just as easily substitute the church of my childhood, ECUSA. All institutions composed of failed humans are capable of great evil.

So it would seem to me that ire over a make believe cartoon is pretty small potatoes. I'd think it would be much more effective to spend that ire reestablishing the credibility of those organizations that should be dear to the hearts of most conservatives, especially in those in which we gave our trust and they repaid our trust by abusing it.

[Delta 21]

Guess who is at it again.

[atomicpossum]

This is the classic 'who to root for' moment.

[ContemptofCourt]

You must live in a very pretty world....

[Delta 21]

Well-intended gasoline on the fire.

This one will never reach 600 posts. Not without an all out catholic ping.

[hilaryrhymeswithrich]

Well count me as another fan....and very much a conservative. Who says who gets to decide what is funny? If you don't like it and it offends you, by all means, turn it off. But please spare me the intellectual hautiness of "I am so much more intellegent and sophisticated and thus know what is/isn't funny."

And FYI....most organized religion is hysterical and absurd to some degree. That does not mean that all religious people are...a good dose of scorn can be dropped at the feet of many churches here and around the world....I for one am secure enough in my own beliefs/opinions to see some of them mocked or dissected without getting all PC and hypersensitive...I'll leave that to the liberals....

[Phsstpok]

Old Cracker - Is it really you????!?!?!

that was my immediate thought, as well, and I know old cracker (or at least I've been told that this person was he). I just saw him about two weeks ago. didn't get a chance to ask if he was back on FR, though.

it sure sounds like, both in posts and in person.

[Rebelbase]

Well said!

[Delta 21]

Lying Lies and the Liers who tell them.

[wolfcreek]

Some people need a little more levity in their lives than others. You could be one of these people. Watch the show and see if it doesn't, a least, give you a chuckle. Please read the disclaimer.

[untrained skeptic]

what about the plagiarism?

Are you really that naive? It's a marketing ploy by the movie's creators to drum up controversy to get people talking about their movie.

South Park makes irreverent jokes about every touchy topic. An episode about the Special Olympics is right in line with what they do.

There are also lots and lots of cartoons that mimic movies. Parody is not plagiarism. However, the south park episode doesn't even seem to be a parody of the movie. It doesn't even seem to be that similar except that they both deal with the Special Olympics.

This is nothing but a marketing ploy by the movie's creators.

I bet the creators of South Park are laughing their butts off about the whole thing and think it's funny.

There will probably be an episode about a South Park character who's idea is ripped off by a movie maker in the future to poke fun of it.

[Delta 21]

....but....but....its not about religon....its about South Park and how BAD they are.

[Jaxter]

"..deep cover agents from DU, sent over to chew up FR's bandwidth and make conservatives look like idiots."

I've thought that for years. I also think PJ-Comix gets a lot of his material for his hilarious "DUmmie FUnnies" from undercover Freepers. Then again they really could be nuts.