South Park being censored? That isn't a surprise for anyone who watches the show. But the show being censored for South Park 201 marks a fresh, new milestone that might are created to specifically attract the attention of censors. After getting death threats from a Muslim group, Comedy Central began censoring the show. South Park is apparently watched by Muslims. They seem to consider any representation of their prophet physically –drawing, sculpture, cartoon, movie, etc. — to be blasphemous, and in the case of extremists, punishable by death.
Censored South Park 201
A likeness of Muhammad was expected to be revealed from fans of South Park in South Park 201 which was censored Wednesday night on Comedy Central and denied network approval for streaming online. The character was concealed in a bearsuit in episode 200. Muhammad comes out of the bear suit in episode 201 but is blacked out by a censor bar. The name of the character is bleeped out whenever spoken.
Funnier than original: South Park 201 censored?
South Park 201, censored by Comedy Central after the group RevolutionMuslim.com published the death threat, might have really delivered a bigger laugh pay day for individuals who watch South Park. It could possibly be said that South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone used the occasion as an opportunity for self-parody, not to mention an incredible surge of publicity no amount of pay day cash could purchase.
Extreme South Park episodes offend extremists
The wrath of RevolutionMuslim.com was brought out by South Park episode 200 which depicted Muhammad in a bear suit. Parker and Stone probably imagined just what could have happened in the subsequent South Park episodes following the group’s site published a post claiming that they “outright insulted” the Prophet:
“We have to warn Matt and Trey that what doing is stupid and they will probably wind up like Theo Van Gogh for airing this show,” the post read. “This is not a threat, but a warning of the reality of what will likely happen to them.”
The post showed a graphic photo of a Dutch filmmaker who was murdered in Amsterdam in 2004 for making a film about Muslim women that offended Muslims, named Theo Van Gogh. The addresses of Comedy Central's New York office and Parker and Stone's California production office were then listed.
Other South Park episodes
Other South Park episodes censored include one that aired in 2006 when Parker and Stone wanted to weigh in on a controversy involving Muslim death threats motivated by caricatures of Muhammad published in a Danish newspaper. The extra cash that would have come from depicting an image of Muhammad in that South Park episode was passed on by Comedy Central. Episode 201 is not accessible for streaming on the South Park site. Rather than seeing the video, you will see the message in a box:
“After we delivered the show, and prior to broadcast, Comedy Central placed numerous additional audio bleeps throughout the episode. We do not have network approval to stream our original version of the show.”
Sources for the article
Comedy Central
http://www.comedycentral.com/
Trey Parker and Matt Stone
http://treyparker.info/matt.htm
Muhammad published in a Danish newspaper
http://zombietime.com/mohammed_image_archive/jyllands-posten_cartoons/
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