South Park has basically run untethered for years. they present wonderful commentaries on real world events, bringing awareness while being amazingly goofy at the same time. you usually don't even realize you're watching something that often runs deeper than kids trying to crap out their mouths.Isaac Hayes Quits "South Park" citing "'inappropriate ridicule' of religion."
what people are pointing out is that Hayes wasn't offended by years of humor and entire episodes dedicated to mocking the Catholic religions... not to mention Jesus and Satan themselves as recurring character seldomly behaving in a virtuous manner. every other common religion has come under fire in one way or another. of course, no one should be offended by a cartoon, even if it is brutally honest and accurate. but NOW, a few weeks following the Scientology episode that had me roffling as i'd never roffled before, he's throwing a fit.
"In ten years and over 150 episodes of 'South Park,' Isaac never had a problem with the show making fun of Christians, Muslim, Mormons or Jews," Stone said in a statement issued by the Comedy Central network.
"He got a sudden case of religious sensitivity when it was his religion featured on the show."
as you may recall, South Park initially seemeed to fall extra hard on Scientology. however, if you think about it, they were basically just showing us the facts. you can see a perfect clip of the "Scientology" episode, along with the closely related "Stan the Prophet", here: Comedy Central. the subtitle "THIS IS WHAT SCIENTOLOGISTS ACTUALLY BELIEVE" hits it home. Scientology (or to a much higher degree celebrity Scientologists) makes itself look ridiculous.
i'm curious to see how South Park will approach this sad departure. will Chef die in some amazingly ironic way? will they use an obviously different voice actor to poke fun? will it be Chef hurling insanities at talk show hosts and Matt Lauer? is James Earl Jones busy? can't wait to find out.
"Goodbye, children."
