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April 12, 2006South Park, Part II on cartoon warsSo? Did Comedy Central really censor the image of Mohammed in the “Family Guy” episode, or what? UPDATE: Yes, they did. (Please note: Comedy Central is owned by Viacom, which also owns MTV, which is doing THIS. They are at least consistant in bravely mocking Catholics and Christians…who do not pose a threat to them.) I thought the Al Qaeda “retaliation” cartoon was effectively dumb but meaningful. In a perfect world, terrorists and extremists would respond to offensive cartoons with offensive cartoons. The point was made to America by SP putting up a cartoon bound to offend various Americans - and any American who would rather not see “pooping” on the flag. Once again, they put the question out there - “what will you allow and what will you ban? And are you willing to fight for the First Amendment or just pay lip service to it until one of your sacred cows-or-icons are insulted?” The point would have been more broadly made - and perhaps more clearly - had the “pooping” covered other various groups - a little poop on the press, perhaps (they didn’t make them look too good at the “press conference,”) on partisans of all stripe? The “pooping” was designed, I’m sure, to see if some of the religious and right-winged folks who lionized the series last week (like me) would pop blood vessels this week - these Libertarian boys are still sly enough to make sure they push the right buttons! Did they think we’d get all nuts about a cartoon Jesus “pooping” on Bush? Personally, their cartoon is much less offensive to me than the daily “pooping” the press and the left and the “experts” deliver to Christianity, President Bush and the nation in general. That stuff is doing real damage. Btw, what happened to all the Americans with their heads in the sand? That wasn’t resolved? All in all, pretty funny in some places, dumb in others - I really want to know if Comedy Central caved - the message was clear: either it’s all fair game, or nothing is, and to appease is to concede valuable liberties. I concur. I’ll give it a B+. Couldn’t dance to it! Buster was very unhappy with The Daily Show, though, and shut it off - “a big ‘Bash-Bush-Continually’ and not even witty” he said. He’s pretty much done with Jon Stewart, I think. Related: South Park Smart, Brave, Honorable From Volokh Conspiracy: UPDATE: As one of the comments below notes, Comedy Central apparently allows South Park to show Jesus defacating on others and being defacated on, but prohibits showing Mohammed “just standing there, looking normal.” Unfortunately, until Comedy Central or Matt Stone and Trey Parker make clear whether South Park was indeed censored, one can’t know for sure. The “play within a play” format renders things a tad uncertain. Well, CC is a very liberal outfit, so it’s a good guess that pooping on Jesus, Bush and the flag is much less offensive to them than any PC consideration, or you know, the threat of violence by Muslim extremists. They KNOW they can pick on the rest without fear. How brave. How edgy of Comedy Central. Still, I expected Stone and Parker wrote the piece, as aired, to chastise Comedy Central - who DID bow to the Scientology folks. I was wrong: The two parter was all about Comedy Central, itself, and its own cowardice. http://theanchoressonline.com/2006/04/12/south-park-part-ii/trackback/ 19 Responses to “South Park, Part II on cartoon wars” |
But I think they didn’t give folks on the right, and some religious folk, enough credit. We’re not babies, and we don’t spend all of our time crying victim and carrying on about “hurtful” messages and “mean-spirited” words. That’s a different gang of folk. It’s not the folks on the right who shout down speakers invited to college campuses, or who throw pies and salad dressing on people with whom they disagree. It’s not the folks on the right who try to sneak into the medical records of others - it’s not the folks on the right 
April 12th, 2006 at 10:54 pm
South Park Part II: Bart Simpson, George Bush, And Osama
The final episode of the Cartoon Wars satire aired tonight, and it started off by faking the audience briefly into thinking that Matt Stone and Trey Parker had satirized Comedy Channel by announcing that Part II had been pre-empted by…
April 13th, 2006 at 8:54 am
South Park Open Thread (Video Added)
*Updated below–Video added and spoilers below the fold.* Censoring Mohammad On South Park After last week’s cliff-hanger, what’s going to happen in Part II of South Park’s genius take on the Mohammad cartoon controversy? Oh, the anticipation. Leave…
April 13th, 2006 at 11:00 am
“DO THE RIGHT THING! SHOW MOHAMMED!”
Everyone’s buzzing about last night’s South Park episode. It’s currently the #1 search term at Technorati. So, did Comedy Central censor Mohammed or not? Ed Morrissey and Jim Lindgren provide different views. Bottom line from The Anchoress: All in…
April 13th, 2006 at 11:16 am
Consider what would have happened (what would still happen) if every media outlet in the West were to show pictures and drawings and cartoons of Mohammed, so as to stick it in their eye. Would the whole entire Muslim population rise up and destroy all of society? Or would it be limited to the same folks who went crazy when one place had the “audacity” to do it?
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I would venture to guess that the response would be not be much worse, except that they would now know that they cannot intimidate us, we will not cower and hide and cry.
April 13th, 2006 at 12:06 pm
Did Comedy Central Censor South Park?
A lot of buzz going around about last night’s episode of South Park. For the record, I rarely watch the show anymore, since I have two impressionable children and I don’t want them watching it. On the other hand, when they’re in bed and I remember…
April 13th, 2006 at 1:07 pm
South Park GSiHoW: part 2
In an unexpected move, Comedy Central’s South Park actually aired a sequel to last weeks “Cartoon of Mohammad/Head in the Sand/Family Guy is poorly written” episode that drew praise across the blogosphere for its satirical handling of the Islamic pr…
April 13th, 2006 at 1:51 pm
Comedy Central Wimps Out
Even though I was swamped last night trying to stand up OpFor, I still made time for part 2 of South Park’s battle with dhimmitude. The short skinny is that Comedy Central found a stool to stand on, grabbed a…
April 13th, 2006 at 4:00 pm
"My feelings on the whole issue can be summed up in two words: Comedhimmi Central."
As most of you know by now, Comedy Central censored last night's episode of "South Park," refusing to run an image of Mohammed -- evidently out of cultural sensitivity to those who Comedy Central executives fear might, I dunno, k…
April 13th, 2006 at 5:24 pm
Comedy Central Submits to Sharia
Comedy Central: Cowards
Sometimes, sharia does not arrive by car bombs;
April 13th, 2006 at 5:39 pm
[...] Bottom line from The Anchoress: All in all, pretty funny in some places, dumb in others - I really want to know if Comedy Central caved - the message was clear: either it’s all fair game, or nothing is, and to appease is to concede valuable liberties. I concur. [...]
April 13th, 2006 at 6:53 pm
MTV Pokes Fun at Jesus’ Crucifixion
And where’s the rioting?
CNSNews reports: “As Christians around the world prepare for Easter, magazine readers in Germany were confronted this week by full-page advertisements depicting Jesus, wearing a crown of thorns but descended from …
April 13th, 2006 at 8:20 pm
Southpark and Mohammed - art imitating life
The big issue of the day today in the blogosphere is Comedy Central’s admitted censoring of a cartoon image of Mohammed on last night’s Southpark episode (see here and here for background).
I’m not a Southpark watcher - have never lik…
April 13th, 2006 at 11:16 pm
I guess its been confirmed that CC did, in fact, censor the episode. That being the case, you can be sure they will regret that decision for a long time. CC needs South Park more than Stone and Parker need CC, and I would be surprised if they did not make CC’s execs lives hell from now on — or even quit doing shows altogether. After all, CC lost Dave Chappelle, perhaps for good.
April 14th, 2006 at 12:07 am
MTV Mocks Jesus – Will Christians Riot?
Muslims went on a rampage because of some relatively innocuous cartoons of the false prophet Muhammad. Claims were made that no one would ever accept such insults directed at Jesus. Well, guess what – MTV has engaged in blasphemy against…
April 14th, 2006 at 1:59 am
COMEDY CENTRAL CAVES IN TO CENSORSHIP
Michelle Malkin has the story here:
Kyle to the president of Fox as Cartman points the gun: "You can’t do what he wants just because he’s the one threatening you with violence!"
Download and watch clip (.wmv file).
Me, I was just happy…
April 14th, 2006 at 7:40 am
Comedy Central Pushes The Courage Envelope Yet Again
Editorial- Although in recent days there have been many arguments to the contrary, I for one would like to applaud Comedy Central’s brave editorial decision to allow an image of Jesus defecating on others to appear in Wednesday nights
April 14th, 2006 at 9:18 am
[...] The Anchoress says this I thought the Al Qaeda “retaliation” cartoon was effectively dumb but meaningful. In a perfect world, terrorists and extremists would respond to offensive cartoons with offensive cartoons. The point was made to America by SP putting up a cartoon bound to offend various Americans - and any American who would rather not see “pooping” on the flag. Once again, they put the question out there - “what will you allow and what will you ban? And are you willing to fight for the First Amendment or just pay lip service to it until one of your sacred cows-or-icons are insulted?” [...]
April 14th, 2006 at 11:52 am
South Park’s sophomoric humor
The TV cartoon South Park is making the news again: “Banned by Comedy Central from showing an image of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, the [show] instead featured an image of Jesus Christ defecating on President Bush and the American flag.” Some Christ…
May 17th, 2006 at 11:48 am
[...] The Anchoress says this I thought the Al Qaeda “retaliation” cartoon was effectively dumb but meaningful. In a perfect world, terrorists and extremists would respond to offensive cartoons with offensive cartoons. The point was made to America by SP putting up a cartoon bound to offend various Americans - and any American who would rather not see “pooping” on the flag. Once again, they put the question out there - “what will you allow and what will you ban? And are you willing to fight for the First Amendment or just pay lip service to it until one of your sacred cows-or-icons are insulted?” [...]