South Park

I'm not a big fan of South Park and generally don't watch the show. I do appreciate their capacity for yanking p.c. America's reactionary chain. I did catch last night's Holy Week Episode in which there is a move afoot to prevent the image of Mohammed from appearing in an episode of "The Family Guy". Comedy Central actually did remove the image, bowing to the uproar that surrounded the original Danish cartoon. The episode is a commentary on censorship with a little Israeli, "don't negotiate with a terrorist", spin thrown in. With the exception of the poop throwing by Jesus at the close (images created by Al-Qaeda to counter the western media airing of the bomb topped Mohammed cartoon) all harmless juvenile fun. The uproar that will ensue from the Religious Right whose spokepeople won't bother to watch the actual scene, will be loud and prolonged, probably with a boycott thrown in. The Jesus/G.W. and the flag imagery that close the episode are an attempt at humor, albeit a sloppy, not so funny attempt. Defecation humor is not the height of sophistication and should only be handled with comedy rubber gloves, other than that, as I viewed the scene the smile that spread over my face was not in reaction to the poop joke but in anticipation of all the self-important, cross-waving, rightwing, commentary that would ensue.

Lighten up America!
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