Keth Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 If this needs to get merged with an existing censorship/south park thread its cool. but i think this might make for some good discussion on its own maybe. p.s. contains spoilers for those that haven't seen it. yahoo Last night, Jon Stewart defended his Comedy Central colleagues, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, the creators of "South Park," in a 10-minute segment bashing a radical Muslim group for issuing a death threat against the rude-humor duo. You can watch the segment here (warning: some PG-13 language). "I say this to anyone who's threatening death in the name of religion or politics," Stewart concluded, standing in front of a gospel choir for the second time this week, before offering his now-trademark bleeped-out sign-off, which begins with "Go" and ends with "yourselves." "South Park," which has satirized just about every major religious and political figure, dead or alive, can still stir up controversy after more than a decade on the air. In last week's 200th episode, the creators — mindful of Islam's strict ban on any visual depictions of the the Prophet Muhammad — concealed the animated Muhammad character in a bear costume or in a U-Haul truck. So viewers never actually saw Muhammad. Even so, a group called Revolution Muslim — based in New York City — issued a threat on its website alongside a photograph of Theo van Gogh, a Dutch filmmaker who was murdered by a radical Muslim. Not surprisingly, Comedy Central got nervous. Even with the figure of Muhammad tucked behind the word "CENSORED" in a new episode on Wednesday, the network took additional measures that went beyond Stone and Parker's intentions, bleeping out the prophet's name and some other selected dialogue. Stewart called out his own employers for altering Stone and Parker's script without their consent — and the show's creators also issued their own statement expressing dismay over the network's actions. "In the 14 years we've been doing "South Park," we have never done a show that we couldn't stand behind," the statement said. "We delivered our version of the show to Comedy Central and they made a determination to alter the episode. It wasn't some meta-joke on our part. Comedy Central added the bleeps." "In fact, Kyle's customary final speech was about intimidation and fear," they continued. "It didn't mention Muhammad at all but it got bleeped too. We'll be back next week with a whole new show about something completely different and we'll see what happens to it." Jon's rant The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c South Park Death Threats www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Tea Party Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lycaon Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 I was wondering if someone was going to post this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maldron Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 I had assumed it a metajoke, but this is above and beyond. I know they're not beyond metajokes, the credits that roll after the scientology episode are testament enough to that, but to think that a speech about fear and free expression was itself censored is just... it hurts my brain. It's like they had to listen to it, and then decided that it was the sort of speech that needed to be censored. Ridiculous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lycaon Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 I don't like it, but I can understand it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 came for the ignorant death threats, stayed for john's musical number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Jax Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 Like Jon Stewart said, Comedy Central has the safety of their workers to think of, and you can demonize them if you want, but the real assholes here are people who make the death threats. For some reason, my DVR didn't record the 2nd part of the 2-part 200th episode, and southparkstudios.com (the official south park site that streams full episodes) says the censoring of the episode means they don't have the broadcast version that CC aired, and I guess that's the version they legally have to put up. Torrent time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hakujin Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 This reminds me, has Jay seen this season's ASS BURGERS episode yet? It's definitely going to be screened @ HCONII. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keth Posted October 25, 2012 Author Share Posted October 25, 2012 Noticed a weird, yet refreshing trend on the show. Randy seems to go insane every other episode and its gets better and better each time. I think maybe the Fingerbang episode was when hints of it started to happen, but the show has increasingly been using him as the main character in certain episodes. I dunno how many folks are still watching it, but this show only seems to get better each season. It has it's share of duds (oh god that Hawaiian native episode last week was fucking terrible), but its hits are getting more hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Jax Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 I dunno how many folks are still watching it, but this show only seems to get better each season. It has it's share of duds (oh god that Hawaiian native episode last week was fucking terrible), but its hits are getting more hilarious. The episode about little league baseball a season or two back was painfully bad. But yeah, I agree, the show is as good as ever. I love the fact that Butters has become a main character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the division of joy Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 I don't think its a good as it was about 2-3 years ago. This current series has been pretty meh for the most part, in my opinion. But then again, humour is hugely subjective. Butters being involved more is a good thing though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 panch was right, first ep of the new season (goddell-bot) was gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keth Posted October 3, 2014 Author Share Posted October 3, 2014 Second was not as good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APANCHALYPSE FOREVER Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 But not bad. It had its moments. "KYYYYYLLLLE! KYYYYYLLLLLE!" "Second hand gluten." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keth Posted October 9, 2014 Author Share Posted October 9, 2014 I'm watching the next episode and y'know, I don't know how I feel about them trying to tie the episodes together like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the division of joy Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 I kinda like it. The Lorde thing was pretty hilarious in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keth Posted October 9, 2014 Author Share Posted October 9, 2014 It was! I was worried at first thinking how the hell are they going to expand upon that joke... then Stan fainted. I loved that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APANCHALYPSE FOREVER Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 I've also been liking it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalHeart Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 I'm so happy we have real TV again. I'm loving this season! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 that last episode, jesus christ "OH YEAH FLICK THAT BEAN" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keth Posted September 18, 2015 Author Share Posted September 18, 2015 Holy shit that new episode was great. Trey Parker out did himself with the voice acting I thought. Gonna be a goooood season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da Cap'n 2099 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 I thought it was a great episode, but I don't know how they're gonna outdo last season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keth Posted September 18, 2015 Author Share Posted September 18, 2015 I've asked myself that after a few seasons and they manage to do it. That 7 day turn around only helps keep the show fresh, so really they'll never run out of material. And the shit going on now? Trump!? It's gonna be a good fucking season I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da Cap'n 2099 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 (edited) Yeah,didn't even think about Trump. Seems like they blew their load in that episode in regards to stuff happening right now. All that's left is the political stuff. Might be a very political season. EDIT: OMG! A "gay fish" running for president. OMG! Edited September 18, 2015 by Da Cap'n 2099 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Nemo McFly Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 I just caught the episode on youtube. The PC Principal was pretty hilarious. The mouth-breathing, alpha-male jocks were spot on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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