That was stupid, this is mainly one of the things South Park is made of, if he was offended he should of left years ago, very stupid. South Park mainly takes the piss out of everything, it's what it is aqnd what it does, it's pushing the boundries but it can be funny, offensive or not it still airs so not enough people are offended by it or something like that...
LET THE HAMMER FALL
Not a huge loss, really. It's not like Chef has been a fixture in the show for the last few years.
They could kill Chef or find some else. I am sure there are hundreds who have mastered Chef's voice by now.
A shame, but rather an overreaction on Hayes' part if you ask me. You'd think that working on a show like South Park would mean the guy would have a sense of humour about this sort of thing, but apparently not.
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I mean, did he see the episode with the catholics and the giant spider? That one was way worse than the Scientology one, both of which were gold.
Isaac must of been pretty pissed if he decided to leave the show for all that.
I find this a major loss, what will happen to chef. Will he just be cut or will they try and find another person who sounds similier to Isaac ?
What's hypocritical about leaving a job you're no longer happy with? South Park is easily one of the most scathing satires out there, so it's inevitably going to cause offense to some. If a person's offended by aspects of the job they're in, it's not hypocritical for them to eventually get tired of it and leave - it's downright common sense.
Having said all that... it's a pity he's leaving. South Park has generally been brilliant at critiquing and undermining stereotypes and prejudices of all kinds; Chef was an important part of that in many cases.
He's got every right to leave, for any reason he likes. But to claim you're leaving because of religious intolerance, when the show has been doing religious intolerance for what, like, 10 years now*? That's hypocritical, and shows he doesn't care about religious intolerance at all, merely affronts to his person. Which he's perfectly free to do. He should just be honest about it and say "That one cut too close to the bone."Originally Posted by Big D
* That is insane. No way South Park is that old...
Damn close to 10 years, if not there now. I think this is the 10th season, actually.
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I watch South Park pretty much everyday. I've seen every episode. I read southparkstudios.com. I get the DVDs when they come out. I watch them with commentary repeatedly.
The scientology episode was not more offensive to scientologists than any other episode mocking any set of beliefs. Ditto what Abominatrix said; he's a hypocriate for leaving just because it was his beliefs this time. Matt and Trey had wanted to do a scientology episode, but put it off out of respect for him even as they mocked the religions of their other friends. But he just can't take it when it's him. Pathetic.
chaos: NOOOOOOOO!
Rubedo: "You must find the cliterus." Man... he was hilarious.
chaos: Although I don't agree with him leaving after being offended (South Park ribs everybody. Can't they just enjoy a laugh), he truly will be missed.
It continues, and Matt and Trey apparantly agree with most of us here.
NEW YORK - "South Park" has declared war on Scientology.
Matt Stone and Trey Parker, creators of the animated cable television satire, are digging in against the celebrity-endorsed religion after a controversial episode mocking outspoken Scientologist Tom Cruise was yanked abruptly from the Comedy Central schedule Wednesday - with Internet rumors it was covert warfare by Cruise that led to its departure.
"So, Scientology, you may have won THIS battle, but the million-year war for earth has just begun!" the "South Park" creators said in a statement Friday in Daily Variety. "Temporarily anozinizing our episode will NOT stop us from keeping Thetans forever trapped in your pitiful man-bodies... You have obstructed us for now, but your feeble bid to save humanity will fail!"
Internet bloggers accused Cruise of threatening to not promote "Mission Impossible 3," a surefire summer blockbuster, if the offending episode ran. Comedy Central is owned by Viacom, as is Paramount, which is putting out "MI:3."
But Cruise's representative, Arnold Robinson, told The Associated Press Friday that the mega-star made no such demands.
"Not true," Robinson said. "I can tell you that he never said that."
A call by The Associated Press to a Paramount representative was not returned Friday.
The episode in question, "Trapped in the Closet," which first aired last November, shows Scientology leaders hailing Stan, one of the show's four devilish fourth graders, as a savior. A cartoon Cruise locks himself in a closet and won't come out. An animated John Travolta, another famous Scientologist, enters the closet to try to get him out.
In another dig at the famously secretive religion, the credits at show's end are filled with names like "John Smith" and "Jane Smith."
The battle began in earnest earlier this week when Isaac Hayes, another celebrity Scientologist and longtime show member - voicing the ladies' man school cafeteria cook Chef - quit the show, saying he could no longer tolerate its religious "intolerance and bigotry."
Stone and Parker did not buy that either.
On Monday, Stone told The Associated Press, "This is 100 percent having to do with his faith in Scientology...He has no problem - and he's cashed plenty of checks - with our show making fun of Christians."
A Comedy Central spokesman said Friday that the network pulled the controversial episode to make room for two shows featuring Hayes.
"In light of the events of earlier this week, we wanted to give Chef an appropriate tribute by airing two episodes he is most known for," the spokesman said.
Scientology was created by science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard. In "Dianetics" (1950), Hubbard said the "thetan" (soul) suffers from negative "engrams" implanted in this life and innumerable past lives. Scientology "auditors" help clients work through problems using an "e-meter," similar to a lie detector. They seek a state called "Clear" and then advance through various levels of "Operating Thetan."
Go ahead, but I personally think Hayes may have had problems with the show making fun of religions, but he didn't want to say anything out of fear of losing his job. Maybe the Scientology episode was the last straw that broke the camel's back.
He had his reasons, anyway.
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