[MrB]

Agreed. There was no reason to treat Gibson that way. The only thing that MIGHT have been funny about it is that it might have been making fun of those who are calling Gibson a kook for even making this movie.

I actually found this episode offensive - and it would be only one of two that I could say that about, I'm not offended easily and love SP humor (even "red rocket").

[Guvmint_Cheese]

This is probably the first time that a South Park episode was completely lost on me. I thought it was funny that Stan and Kenny went to Mel Gibson to get their money back, but I'm totally baffled on why they made Gibson into a total nut case. Heck, Riggs wasn't even that crazy in Lethal Weapon!

This could have been a really creative episode. Matt and Trey really blew this one.

[motzman]

I found it offensive because it wasn't funny. Unfunny comedy is as bad as a poorly done commercial--I weep for the wasted opportunity.

What should have been done was something like a cabal of jewish leaders and some Hollywood types (Geffen, etc.) setting up anti-semitic "attacks" to prove that the Passion was anti-semitic. All the while with "evil-cabal" type music and screen shots of them explaining how they're not evil and what they're doing is justified because Mel must be stopped.

Sumpin' like that would have been funny.

[Sir_Ed]

"I actually found this episode offensive"

So did I. Not neccesarily because the moral of the show was become a better Christian by listening to Jesus' teachings and ignore His death, but because of the way they portrayed Mel Gibson, as he is NOT crazy as they portrayed him.

Before, when they have satirized celebrities, there's always been a grain of truth in the gibes. Sally Struthers is fat and bloated, Rob Reiner an anti-nazi fascist, Oprah is an obese, power-hungry mogul, Barbra Streisand is a shrill leftist and Russell Crowe gets into fistfights in bars with strangers.

But Gibson has never displayed the kind of crazy shown in last night's episode. One of his characters acted crazy, but that was just an act.

On the whole the eppy left me rather discomfited.

If Matt and Trey try to call someone crazy, they should look at their own behavior at the Emmies a few years back, when they showed up wearing dresses...now THAT'S crazy!

Ed