[shining_city]

This is just too much. I guess I can believe that Tom Cruise is up to this with all the odd stuff he's done lately -- but South Park?!? What a silly battle to fight. They parody everyone.

Katharine DeBrecht is right to call out George Clooney (or George C. Looney, as Savage calls him) for his hypocrisy on this issue, though. I guess his free speech crusade doesn't go any further than dead senators...

[fhlh]

I can't wait for the new SP's... they are gonna satire this new development so well!!!

[D.P.Roberts]

Never, NEVER, get into a media war with someone cleverer than you.

[curiosity]

This is terrible news! Issac Hayes won't do the voice of Chef???? He was my second favorite character! The show will never be the same without Chef!

I really hope they will work it out with him.

That being said, I'm shocked Issac Hayes is into Scientology. Never would have thunk it.

[Free ThinkerNY]

They need to cancel the Church of Scientology. Cruise and Clooney have all the intellect of a constipated flea.

[Cyclopean Squid]

I think Xenu should become a recurring character in the same vein as Towelie.

[manic4organic]

Read the recent Rolling Stone article about those nutbags. Southpark won't air the episode anymore that deals with the Scientologists. They intimidate by litigation. The article is very eye opening. Can't believe they actually wrote about it. I always knew they were wackos, but this article brought new stuff to light.

[Cecily]

A chill wind is blowing!!!!! Where are Timmy Robbins and the ACLU?

[stm]

Cruise is totally off the deep end. I used to think Nichole Kidman was the bad guy in their breakup, now it looks like she was the smart one. Cruise is just another out of touch, mindless actor that has fallen hook, line and sinker for the cult scene. He's now a non-entity as far as I'm concerned.

I'm sure James Earl Jones could fill in for Isaac Hayes....."Kenny I am your faaaatha"

[txroadkill]

here is a clip from the episode, well worth watching!

http://media.putfile.com/Tom-Come-Out-Of-The-Closet

 

Tom Cruis wont come out of the closet!

[freedumb2003]

One link to the episode. The hilarious part is not Tommy in the Closer but the whole Thetan thing that Scientologists really believe (this one streams).

http://firstdistributorsnz.com/scientomogy/south-park.htm

There are better, but even small it is pretty funny.

And here is a whole site bashing Tommy, it looks pretty funny:

http://www.scientomogy.info/

[timm22]

"Here’s censorship happening right under Hollywood's nose, but instead of confronting an actual free speech issue, all these brave liberals souls don’t want to take on a clear violation of free speech when it involves a big-name actor who might be able to give them a job somewhere down the road."

Sorry to nitpick, folks, but what this article describes isn't censorship. Censorship requires government or the use of force. Mr. Cruise isn't threatening anyone's physical safety, he's simply threatening to not do business.

If we describe this situation as censorship, we'd also have to say that people boycotting Dixie Chicks CD's or sponsors pulling support from NBC over the "Book of Daniel" show are also cases of censorship. Clearly, they are not.

Throwing someone in jail for mocking Scientology is censorship. Threatening to cut off someone's head for mocking L. Ron Hubbard is censorship.

Refusing to act in a movie if a company disrespects your religion, despite how silly it may be, is not censorship.

[Kellykoop]

Maybe Clooney's mad because Matt & Trey blew him up in Team America. ;)

[wallcrawlr]

another Scientology/South Park thread ping