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March 24, 2006

South Park vs. Mission Impossible vs. the Catholic Church

First, Tom Cruise threatened not to promote his new Mission Impossible movie unless Comedy Central (which is owned by Viacom, a sister company to Paramount, which produced Mission Impossible III) agreed not to rerun a South Park episode mocking Scientology. No wait, actually Catholics started boycotting South Park first because of an episode disrespectful to the Virgin Mary (just a boycott, mind you, no rioting or beheading of Lutherans).

Now, the fans of South Park are striking back by boycotting Mission Impossible III unless Viacom takes the South Park Scientology rerun off the blacklist and puts it back on its schedule.

Oh, I forgot, Isaac Hayes, who provides the voice for South Park character Chef, is also a Scientologist and has threatened to give the show the Shaft because he's just realized that it mocks religious beliefs. Duh, Isaac, you've been with South Park for how long now?

Meanwhile, South Park's creators have put together a new FrankenSouth Park by splicing together bits of dialogue that Hayes had recorded for previous shows.

Whatever the outcome of the Scientologist South Park boycott and the South Park fan Mission Impossible III boycott, the Catholics are still boycotting South Park. So there.

I call shenanigans. You bastards.

Also posted at The Dread Pundit Bluto and Vince Aut Morire.

Posted by: Bluto at 01:10 AM | Comments (8) | Add Comment
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1 This week's south park spoofs the whole Isaac Hayes/South Park/Scientology controversy.

Posted by: h0mi at March 24, 2006 09:49 AM (YQFEd)

2 I 2nd your "Shenanigans" and raise you a "JewBillie".

I watch South Park on a hit and miss basis. Some episodes are completely stupid, some are offensive, but there are others that are Jewels.

Mecha-Striesand, Rosie O'Donell(sp) and Starvin' Marvin are good examples.

Posted by: Joatmoaf at March 24, 2006 10:15 AM (Vlk3K)

3 Oh NO!

You mean that Tom Cruise won't promote another crappy Hollywood sequel that will never come close to the fantastic workings of the original? Whatever shall we do?! Hollywood might not benefit from its cheap methods of money making, and learn that they have to *gasp* come up with new ideas?

Sure South Park bashed on Scientology, but what religion hasn't it mocked? Matt and Trey have made it clear that they don't oppose any single religion or belief, they just want to harass them all. And the more Scientologists are outraged, the happier Matt and Trey will be, and scientology will find more mockery in store for them.

Posted by: Lee Witt at March 24, 2006 02:01 PM (cWv1e)

4 By refusing to promote his own film, which cost the studio millions, Cruise has put a gun in his mouth and is threatening to pull the trigger. No studio should ever hire him again for such a stupendously stupid act.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at March 25, 2006 07:17 AM (0yYS2)

5 "No studio should ever hire him again for such a stupendously stupid act."

One can only hope...

Posted by: Darth Chef at March 25, 2006 01:14 PM (uedbm)

6 DANG YOU MAVRIC YOU HAVE BECOME ABSOLUTLY IMPOSSIBLE SINCE YOU GOT YOURSELF INVOLVED WITH THOSE SCIENTOLOGY FREAKS AND JESTERS GOING TO GROUND YOU SUCKER

Posted by: sandpiper at March 25, 2006 02:31 PM (zj1n9)

7 I am Catholic and my brother is a Catholic Priest and we both watch the show with a grain of salt. People like tom cruise is just a person with influence and he wields it very recklessly. Remember mr. cruise what goes around comes around....

Posted by: Paul Labbe at March 25, 2006 03:06 PM (LA1N6)

8 rabble rabble,,.. RABBLE RABBLE!!

Posted by: The Other Dave at March 27, 2006 04:57 PM (o03mE)

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