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Isaac Hayes, the guy who plays chef on South Park, has recently quit:
http://articles.news.aol.com/entertainment/article.adp?id=20060320070609990001
"Now in the ring: Isaac Hayes, who voices the character Chef on Comedy Central's South Park, quit the show last week, saying he could no longer stomach the cartoon's "intolerance and bigotry" toward religion. South Park creator Matt Stone fired back, saying Hayes, an outspoken Scientologist, 'has no problem — and he's cashed plenty of checks — with our show making fun of Christians.'"
What do you guys think about this?
You know, I like South Park but I have to admit that the show has just gone too far. It's easy to say that it's just all fun and games but I believe there's a line you shouldn't cross. People have put up with South Park's massive intolerance towards virtually every religion and belief for far too long now. I like South Park but I just Matt Stone should lay off of people's religion. They keep pushing the envelope to the point where what they do isn't funny anymore, it's just sick and disgusting. One episode they showed a statue of the Virgin Mary bleeding from her rectum. That wasn't funny, it was just disgusting. South Park has a very humorous plot, basically. Cartman and the kids are hilarious together. But they've deviated so much from that original formula to the point at what they do is just offensive.
Spaceballs, for example, was a movie that kind of made fun of the Jewish religion. But Mel Brooks never did half of the the extreme sexual things that they do on South Park. I just think enough is enough. Not to mention the fact that Matt Stone has a serious problem with vulgarity. He was in an interview for the Rolling Stones magazine and he just cursed so much that it seemed sick. I suspect that the creators of South Park actually have a lot of deep rooted emotional problems. Michael Moore had mentioned on his documentary, "Bowling for Columbine" that the creators were made fun of in high school. I suspect that they have never really got over the harrassment they had endured in high school and so they're now taking their frustrations out through their cartoon. It's a shame because South Park is basically a really creative and humorous idea. It's sad that the creators have to essentially ruin that original idea with extreme bigotry and intolerance.
http://articles.news.aol.com/entertainment/article.adp?id=20060320070609990001
"Now in the ring: Isaac Hayes, who voices the character Chef on Comedy Central's South Park, quit the show last week, saying he could no longer stomach the cartoon's "intolerance and bigotry" toward religion. South Park creator Matt Stone fired back, saying Hayes, an outspoken Scientologist, 'has no problem — and he's cashed plenty of checks — with our show making fun of Christians.'"
What do you guys think about this?
You know, I like South Park but I have to admit that the show has just gone too far. It's easy to say that it's just all fun and games but I believe there's a line you shouldn't cross. People have put up with South Park's massive intolerance towards virtually every religion and belief for far too long now. I like South Park but I just Matt Stone should lay off of people's religion. They keep pushing the envelope to the point where what they do isn't funny anymore, it's just sick and disgusting. One episode they showed a statue of the Virgin Mary bleeding from her rectum. That wasn't funny, it was just disgusting. South Park has a very humorous plot, basically. Cartman and the kids are hilarious together. But they've deviated so much from that original formula to the point at what they do is just offensive.
Spaceballs, for example, was a movie that kind of made fun of the Jewish religion. But Mel Brooks never did half of the the extreme sexual things that they do on South Park. I just think enough is enough. Not to mention the fact that Matt Stone has a serious problem with vulgarity. He was in an interview for the Rolling Stones magazine and he just cursed so much that it seemed sick. I suspect that the creators of South Park actually have a lot of deep rooted emotional problems. Michael Moore had mentioned on his documentary, "Bowling for Columbine" that the creators were made fun of in high school. I suspect that they have never really got over the harrassment they had endured in high school and so they're now taking their frustrations out through their cartoon. It's a shame because South Park is basically a really creative and humorous idea. It's sad that the creators have to essentially ruin that original idea with extreme bigotry and intolerance.
