"South Park" goes after Catholic leader

Orlando Sentinel ^ | Apr 5, 2007 8:33:51 AM

[HairOfTheDog]

The South Park guys should either truly be equal opportunity offenders, or stop trashing Catholics all together.

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.

[Wormwood]

Tell you what, why don't they try using that approach with Catholicism as well. Then, both you and I can be satisfied.

Honestly, you don't strike me as the kind of person who is *ever* satisfied.

[Wormwood]

To paraphrase Bill Hicks, discussing comedy on Free Republic is like showing a dog a card trick.

[The Blitherer]

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.

[jmc813]

One taboo they have never attacked is smoking. Guaranteed if they did an episode that lashed out not at smokers, but anti-smokers, they would get more hate mail then ever.

They briefly skewered the hypocrisy of anti-smokers in the Museum of Tolerance episode.

[discostu]

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.

[Wormwood]

If the Catholic episodes offend you, turn them off.

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.

[MinnesotaLibertarian]

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.

[Antoninus]

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.

If you can't find things about Islam to ridicule, you're not looking hard enough.

Again, just another lame excuse. Let's see, we're now up to:

"The networks won't let us."

"Remaining silent on Islam is actually a worse criticism than having a statue of the Virgin Mary "bleed out of its @ss."

"Islam is just not funny."

Don't you see how truly pathetic this is?

[cowtowney]

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.”

[HairOfTheDog]

Nope.

Good day to you though :~)

[Antoninus]

To paraphrase Bill Hicks, discussing comedy on Free Republic is like showing a dog a card trick.

That's true. We're all too stupid to comprehend your truly sophisticated humor.

[Antoninus]

Good day to you though :~)

Out of excuses, eh? No worries. It happens to the best of us.

Ciao!

[MinnesotaLibertarian]

The show I would like them to do is about these wacko actors having all these luxury items while purchasing those stupid carbon credits explain to us little people that we should do our part....Now that pisses me off to no end!!!

I see it happenning.

[antiRepublicrat]

If they're going to be "sensitive" about the one, they could be equally sensitive about the other.

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.

[ASOC]

whores and cowards.

duuuude, so harsh. Dopers and slackers maybe, but whores and cowards - totaly harsh man.

Chill.

[napscoordinator]

I will TIVO that forever. I can’t wait. lol.

[Mr. Blonde]

I assume you realize that "the network won't let us" is not an excuse but a fact that Comedy Central has admitted to. When they tried to show Mohammed in an episode CC would not let them, and the disclaimer in the episode was an accurate depiction of CC's thinking.

And with the way SP works they cannot really make an episode the network would refuse to run in its entirety because they would not have time to make a replacement.

[billbears]

“Here comes Peter Cottontail” sung in Latin was hysterical!!

I couldn't stop laughing. That episode was hilarious.

[billbears]

Jesus installed a rabbit as the head of his church?

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