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Rhune
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South Park vs Scientology
« on: Mar 13^th, 2006, 11:58am »

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Isaac Hayes Quits 'South Park'
Mar 13, 4:33 PM EST

The Associated Press

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

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."

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« Reply #1 on: Mar 17^th, 2006, 2:37am »

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THE THETAN IS ON: Comedy Central's decision to replace a Wednesday repeat of the Scientology- and Tom Cruise-prodding South Park episode with a Chef's Chocolate Salty Balls encore has fueled talk that Cruise threatened not to promote Viacom-owned Paramount's Mission: Impossible III if the switch was not made. A rep for Cruise denies the strong-arming and the semiofficial "spin" is that the Chef-centric substitute was chosen as a tribute to Isaac Hayes, who recently quit the series... due to its Scientology riff. But South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone still cry foul, saying in a statement to Variety, "Scientology, you may have won this battle, but the million-year war for Earth has just begun!... You have obstructed us for now, but your feeble bid to save humanity will fail!"

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« Reply #2 on: Mar 17^th, 2006, 3:30am »

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I remember reading about this. What a hypocrite. South Park has made fun of religions for years and he has never had a problem with it. In the very first season, Jesus gets his ass kicked by Satan. They rip on Jews almost every single episode. They repeatedly made fun of people of the Mormon religion. They have not descriminated against any one religion because they have made fun of them all. They have even made fun of people with no religion or a 'religion' that lacks religious beliefs (like athiests and agnostics). They make fun of everyone, but once they get to Isaac Hayes' religion, then all of a sudden they've crossed a line.

Isaac Hayes can dish the bigotry on all other religions, but when it comes to his, he can't take it.

If you're going to be a part of a show that makes fun of all religions almost every single episode, don't go crying foul when they come around to your religion.

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« Reply #3 on: Mar 17^th, 2006, 6:43am »

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Maybe the attack on his own Religion made him refocus his thought and say yeah, maybe all this attack on religion and bigotry is all gone to far, and he no longer wanted to be part of it. Makes sense to me.

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« Reply #4 on: Mar 17^th, 2006, 9:25am »

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I just find it rather hypocritical that people don't have an issue with things like religion and race, until it's their OWN that's attacked.. then suddenly they're all concientious.. please... either you see the humour for what it is, or you don't.. and if you don't like it attacking one religion, then you shouldn't support it attacking any religion... if you don't like racist comments about your particular race.. then you shouldn't be tolerant of racist comments about others... it's all the same thing..

As for "Scientology" being a religion?? Let's not even start on that one!!

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« Reply #5 on: Mar 17^th, 2006, 11:30pm »

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Yeah I don't think he suddenly found a moral focus because after all these years of making fun of everyone else, they picked his religion and it made him feel for everyone else. I'm just not seeing that happening...I suspect it has a lot more to do with double standards.

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« Reply #6 on: Mar 20^th, 2006, 7:29pm »

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The plot thickens. It seems that Isaac Hayes did not quit.

See article below;

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,188463,00.html

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« Reply #7 on: Mar 21^st, 2006, 10:52am »

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FAST FOOD: South Park has whipped together an episode addressing the recent hoopla surrounding Isaac Hayes' exit from the series. "The Return of Chef!", which will now launch the series' 10th season on March 22, depicts the "triumphant homecoming" of Hayes' alter ego. "While Stan, Kyle, Kenny and Cartman are thrilled to have their old friend back," the press release states, "they notice that something about Chef seems different." Per the New York Daily News, Comedy Central isn't saying whether Hayes' voice is used in the episode, and it's unclear whether the fresh eppy targets Scientology. As reported yesterday, there is now a question about the circumstances of Hayes' departure.

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« Reply #8 on: Mar 22^nd, 2006, 9:46am »

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I just read that Fox News Article...all i can say is..WHAT?? None of this makes any sense. If that article is true (and its a direct quote so I don't see how it can't be unless Fox wants a libel suit) then it looks like Scientology has more up its sleeve than just being annoying.

(PS I heard a rumor that Tom Cruise pulled some Scientology crap with Stephen Speilberg regarding the treatments Spielbergs son was recieving, speilberg didn't take too kindly to it and now won't work with Tommy boy anymore.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenu

Crazy stuff...

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« Reply #10 on: Mar 24^th, 2006, 10:02am »

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Oh My God! They Killed Chef!
'South Park' emphatically cuts ties with Hayes
By Rick Porter
tv.zap2it.com
March 22 2006

LOS ANGELES -- We're with Kyle on this one: We'll remember the good times with Chef, and not the unpleasant end.

"South Park," never a home for finely nuanced satire, didn't let Chef, the character voiced by "Shaft" composer Isaac Hayes, go quietly in the wake of Hayes' departure from the show in a rift over the series' lampooning of Scientology, of which Hayes is a follower. After treating the character like dirt for nearly the entire 30 minutes of its 10th-season premiere Wednesday, the show finally gave Chef, and by extension Hayes, a heartfelt tribute at the close.

But first, creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker turned Chef into a child molester.

Using obviously mismatched clips of Hayes' voice, the episode explained that Chef had been away from South Park for several months, exploring the world with the Super Adventure Club, which also molests kids during its expeditions. The club had brainwashed Chef, who was now telling Stan, Kyle, Kenny and Cartman that he wanted to make sweet love to them.

The boys take Chef to a psychiatrist (a Scientology no-no), but he's not cured until the therapist and the boys accompany him to a strip club, where he remembers his love of women.

But the Super Adventure Club kidnaps Chef and attempts to re-brainwash him, and the group's leader, in a classic supervillain moment, reveals the club's secrets to the boys. The explanation mirrors the one Scientology leaders give Stan in the now-infamous "Trapped in the Closet" episode (right down to an on-screen message that read "This is what Super Adventure Club actually believes").

Between the edited voice clips and their filthy subject matter, Chef takes a beating throughout the episode. And then, just as he seems to be returning to the Super Adventure Club, a lightning strike breaks the rope bridge leading to club headquarters, sending Chef to an incredibly gruesome death involving impalement, a mountain lion and a grizzly bear, plus a little post-mortem incontinence.

To be fair, the boys never believe Chef's pedophilic transformation, and Kyle -- speaking, presumably, for Parker and Stone -- delivers a moving eulogy at the funeral. "Some of us feel hurt and confused that he seemed to turn his back on us," he says. "But we can't let the events of the last week take away our memories of how much Chef made us smile. ...

"We shouldn't be mad at Chef for leaving us. We should be mad at that fruity little club for scrambling his brains."

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