Posted on 04/05/2007 6:39:17 AM PDT by ecurbh
The folks at "South Park" take no prisoners.
Consider Wednesday's episode, which went after Bill Donohue, president of the conservative Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights. Donohue has been a severe critic of the animated series on Comedy Central.
The episode mixed Easter and "The Da Vinci Code" in typically wacky fashion. The plot involved the current pope and Jesus. The story ended with Jesus cutting Donahue in half with a flying ninja blade.
In other recent controversies, Donohue has called the co-creators of "South Park," Matt Stone and Trey Parker, whores and cowards.
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I don't think they bash them all together, just the funny ones.
Comedy's not an equal opportunity endeavor... some have it, some don't.
Honestly, you don't strike me as the kind of person who is *ever* satisfied.
To paraphrase Bill Hicks, discussing comedy on Free Republic is like showing a dog a card trick.
If the Catholic episodes offend you, turn them off. That’s what I do when I come across an episode that offends me. Usually I’ll watch it through the whole way since the main point Matt and Trey are trying to make doesn’t come until the end, and if I stil find I’m offended by the episode, I just turn it off the next time I see it on TV. Simple as that.
They briefly skewered the hypocrisy of anti-smokers in the Museum of Tolerance episode.
It’s not a matter of sensitivity, it’s a matter of what’s going on in the world. In the episode Super Best Friends they hit every religion, including Islam, by turning all their top figures into (mostly lame) comic book heros. Then they tried to do an episode about the Mohammed cartoon riots but Comedy Central wouldn’t let them include a depiction of Mohammed even though they’d already done it in an episode, meanwhile they managed to sneak they’re Super Best Friend version of Mohammed into the opening credits and he’s still there.
They’ve also pounded on Scientology in 3 episodes, so it’s not like Matt and Trey are afraid of a religion whose top dogs are capable of murder.
I don’t see this episode as so much about Catholics as about Donahue. He’s been a constant critic of theirs and he’s recently taken his criticism of their to a personal level (the “whores and cowards” thing moves past criticism and to insult), I see this episode as simply accepting the challenge. He wants to make it personal then they can make it personal, it’s not like he’s the first celebrity they’ve decided to go after and I doubt he’ll be the last, I don’t even think he’ll be the last one this season.
You are assuming he's turned them on in the first place.
That’s what I do when I come across an episode that offends me.
Yes, but you are a sensible person who doesn't go through life with a chip on your shoulder.
You’ve clearly never seen or heard about the episode “Butt Out”. Very strongly against the nanny-staters, lashed out at smoking bans, Rob Reiner, and other anti-smoking hysterics.
Bill Donohue is a good man and represents his faith well. I like South Park as well and take the mashing with a grain of salt.
Bill’s comments today:
“I have no idea why ‘South Park’ creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker caricature me as a heartless thug. In any event, I stand convicted and have no defense. Now I have to get back to business—I hear someone just took some liberties with the Easter Bunny.”
Nope.
Good day to you though :~)
They're equally insensitive about everything. Showing the hypocrisy of how the media deals with Muslims (and thus stupid Muslim reactionism) was a classic. They've even nailed extreme atheists pretty well. But as usual, not really nailing the religion itself, but the stupid people in it.
whores and cowards.
duuuude, so harsh. Dopers and slackers maybe, but whores and cowards - totaly harsh man.
Chill.
I will TIVO that forever. I can’t wait. lol.
I couldn't stop laughing. That episode was hilarious.
And I don't remember anywhere in the Scriptures of Jesus installing anyone as a head of anything, other than specific issues as man the head of the household, etc. Pastors in each church to edify and lift up the congregation yes. But pastors are just as fallible, and make mistakes in their understanding of the Scripture, as any of their congregation. So may as well be a rabbit than anyone else. I saw little to nothing unconservative about the episode. And yes I am a Christian
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