Thursday, April 22, 2010

Latest South Park controversy

If you haven't already heard, South Park  stirred some serious controversy during their latest episode titled "201". I was lucky enough to see it air (and in HD). The episode was censored by the network for fear of extremists.  Muslim extremists threatened the creators of the show for the mild depiction of Mohamed in a bear costume. I personally think they overreacted about this. After all, nothing bad actually happened.  I thought it was funny how other religious figures were depicted doing much worse things and that we are not hearing threats from those groups.
What South Park did was very brave. Plus, it was a great episode.  The episode won't be airing on Comedy Central anymore and their site does not have it available for viewing. If you really want to see the episode now, you would have to look in "other places" where it might be a hot download. I am eager to see how this all plays out. This controversy has gotten them in a lot of trouble now.

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