So the voice of the Chef, Isaac 'Shaft' Hayes, is quitting South Park because he is sick of their take on religion - or rather, their take on Scientology. It's a bit late, after all, for him to only now notice that they aren't particularly kind to religious institutions. It's kind of funny timing, because last night's repeated show featured a cult run by David Blaine - the 'Blaintologists' - and of all things, a cartoon version of Mohammed. Yes, our favourite cartoon hero and prophet was depicted in pen (or rather, cut-out paper) as a member of Jesus' band of super-heroes, the 'Best Friends League', who battled Blaine and his animated giant stone Abraham Lincoln. The image of an enormous President Lincoln fighting the prophet Mohammed against a backdrop of a burning Washington DC - with Mohammed trying to save the city - must have slipped by those who took such offense to the (frankly quite poor) Danish cartoons. I'm sure when they find out, mobs all over the Arab world will en masse protest against the infidel America and burn US flags on camera. Oh hang on... they are doing that anyway. Hmmm.
15.3.06 07:09
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