South Park

[zero]

It's surprising, but at the same time, it's not. Hayes hasn't been used regularly in a long time, but I just find it strange that he would be such a hypocrite. Ten seasons of mocking religions and now is when he suddenly has a problem? Something tells me the Scientology Mafia got to him, and Hayes didn't wanna get kicked out of the club so he left the show.

[ROC]

It's surprising, but at the same time, it's not. Hayes hasn't been used regularly in a long time, but I just find it strange that he would be such a hypocrite. Ten seasons of mocking religions and now is when he suddenly has a problem? Something tells me the Scientology Mafia got to him, and Hayes didn't wanna get kicked out of the club so he left the show.

[Cactus Drags]

Can someone post the article? The link isnt loading for me.

[apsham]

NEW YORK -

Isaac Hayes has quit "South Park," where he voices Chef, saying he can no longer stomach its take on religion.

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Hayes, who has played the ladies' man/school cook in the animated Comedy Central satire since 1997, said in a statement Monday that he feels a line has been crossed.

"There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry towards religious beliefs of others begins," the 63-year-old soul singer and outspoken Scientologist said.

"Religious beliefs are sacred to people, and at all times should be respected and honored," he continued. "As a civil rights activist of the past 40 years, I cannot support a show that disrespects those beliefs and practices."

"South Park" co-creator Matt Stone responded sharply in an interview with The Associated Press Monday, saying, "This is 100 percent having to do with his faith of Scientology... He has no problem — and he's cashed plenty of checks — with our show making fun of Christians."

Last November, "South Park" targeted the Church of Scientology and its celebrity followers, including actors

Tom Cruise and

John Travolta, in a top-rated episode called "Trapped in the Closet." In the episode, Stan, one of the show's four mischievous fourth graders, is hailed as a reluctant savior by Scientology leaders, while a cartoon Cruise locks himself in a closet and won't come out.

Stone told The AP he and co-creator Trey Parker "never heard a peep out of Isaac in any way until we did Scientology. He wants a different standard for religions other than his own, and to me, that is where intolerance and bigotry begin."

Edited March 14, 2006 by Apple Shampoo

[Guest Bluesman]

There's always a double standard when it comes to Christianity. It's ok to slag off Christianity and parody it over and over and over and over, but speak out against Jews, Muslims, Scientologists, or anyone else, and you're a racist. It's absolute crap hoe Christianity gets a worse deal.

Perfect example: Cartoons about Jesus don't cause embassy's to be burnt down. And if people protested cartoons about Jesus, they would be judged as crazy fools by all of society. Yet Muslims are simply defending their rights and their religion.

(N.B. That is not an attack on Muslims, but an attack on the double-standard views that society holds.)

[Thomas]

The scientology episode was hella funny.

[Olive the other Jiberdeer]

The scientology episode was hella funny.

[Toe]

Cause Tom Cruise is a crazy nigga.

No Chef on South Park sucks, but the importance of the Chef character has died down since a couple of seasons ago. I think that this will lead to more Mr. Slave, which is good. Everyone likes Mr. Slave, right?

[GoGo Yubari]

Everyone likes Mr. Slave, right?

I'm kind of tired of him myself. But to be fair I barely watch South Park anymore, so...

[gunnar hendershow]

The scientology episode was hella funny.

Yeah, and it wasn't even really a shot at scientology...more of a shot at Tom Cruise.

Well, I mean, sort of. But the episode itself more or less laid out there what scientologists really believe and it sort of was funny just at that.

Isaac Hayes has lost all my respect for this too.

[Ananas]

I'd think it'd be fine if he'd just left the show and said he was uncomfortable with the treatment of Scientology on the show; I can certainly understand being oversensitive when it comes to ones own religion. But to go so far as to lash out at these creators who've been giving you a paycheck and writing this stuff you've been so willfully complicit in all these years, not to mention hinting at their being bigoted, is nonsense. If any of these people who are so upset about this really sat down and looked at the content of South Park, I'm pretty sure they'd realise that the tongue in cheek manner that everything else on the show is presented sets a pretty clear precedent that when they're poking fun at religion, they're hardly burning crosses and burning down mosques.

[probablyoliver]

I stopped reading when I saw the word 'scientoligist'.

[AJ]

Doesn't make any difference to me since I've long since got bored of South Park. The adverts at every break on Paramount are fucking annoying. The ones for the 'ginger kids' episode. Which, by the way, I find quite offensive, and I'm not ginger myself. Kids have it bad enough without TV shows making it worse.

[Herr Matzat]

May Prof. Chaos take revenge on him!

[Mj3]

Scientology? what is it? ive heard of it but only know the fact Tom Cruise is part of it?

Is it the worship of Tom Cruise?

EDIT: Wait, went on wikipedia and almost wish it was the worship of Tom Cruise, its all a bunch of tree hugging hippy crap anyway...

Or

Edited March 15, 2006 by Mj3

[BlackFlagg]

heh, guess what episode of South Park is on tonight? Hehe

[ROC]

heh, guess what episode of South Park is on tonight? Hehe

[Dingle]

What time is it on? Oh and channel >_>

[BlackFlagg]

What time is it on? Oh and channel >_>

[ROC]

What time is it on? Oh and channel >_>

10:00 EST and again at midnight