So the stage is set.
America has its head in the sand. The writers at the Family Guy insist they will show the prophet Mohammed in their cartoon. Cartman hates the Family Guy because it is not as funny. POTUS is incapable of saving the country from violence that will erupt next week.
That strange intro is for next week's episode of South Park. I was not a huge follower of the kids in South Park, but the Scientology issue got me interested, and have been following them for the last 3 weeks. They go after every thing sacred in the world, and that's great to see. Funny thing is before this prophet - cartoon controversy, South Park had already shown the Prophet a couple of years ago, and no one said anything. I would think Viacom - the company that owns Comedy Central - would be very hesitant to show something like this. The suits at Viacom should have known what they were dealing with here. But this also shows the genius of Matt & Trey.
What do I mean? What do they have to lose? South Park is watched by only a select few who are addicted to Comedy Central. Bringing curiosity to the show, will only bring more audience. People who get offended easily, will get offended anyway. They were burning American flags in the Arab world for "crimes" in Denmark. If no one cares about the episode and everything goes smooth, they have gone on record that the Family Guy is a crappy show! I can't help but marvel at the ability of the guys to kill so many birds with one stone. Family Guy, Arab intolerance, American indifference, free speech and the First Amendment.
Now the question is this:
WILL COMEDY CENTRAL PUSS OUT???
2 comments:
I dont know but that night Phoenix suns were losing against the clippers so i was happily jumping channels and came across the first episode of this south park. It was interesting since the prophet (pbuh) was only mentioned but not depicted in a cartoon form;
But it was capturing all those elements that you mentioned in your story, even to the point that GWB is overturnen by the fox people for higher agenda.
Honestly, from what I remember of the episode, I don't think they said Prophet explicitly. So for all you know, it could be Muhammed Ali they are talking about!!
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