Friday, April 21, 2006
'South Park' creators banned from showing image of Islamic prophet -- Beliefnet.com
The network's decision was made over concerns for public safety, the person said.
Comedy Central said in a statement issued Thursday: 'In light of recent world events, we feel we made the right decision.' Its executives would not comment further.
As is often the case with Parker and Stone, they built 'South Park' around the incident. In Wednesday's episode, the character Kyle is shown trying to persuade a Fox network executive to air an uncensored 'Family Guy' even though it had an image of Muhammad.
'Either it's all OK, or none of it is,' Kyle said. 'Do the right thing.'
The executive decides to strike a blow for free speech and agrees to show it. But at the point where Muhammad is to be seen, the screen is filled with the message: 'Comedy Central has refused to broadcast an image of Muhammad on their network.' " ¶ 4/21/2006 03:23:00 PM
'South Park' creators banned from showing image of Islamic prophet -- Beliefnet.com: "Parker and Stone were angered when told by Comedy Central several weeks ago that they could not run an image of Muhammad, according to a person close to the show who did not want to be identified because of the issue's sensitivity.
The network's decision was made over concerns for public safety, the person said.
Comedy Central said in a statement issued Thursday: 'In light of recent world events, we feel we made the right decision.' Its executives would not comment further.
As is often the case with Parker and Stone, they built 'South Park' around the incident. In Wednesday's episode, the character Kyle is shown trying to persuade a Fox network executive to air an uncensored 'Family Guy' even though it had an image of Muhammad.
'Either it's all OK, or none of it is,' Kyle said. 'Do the right thing.'
The executive decides to strike a blow for free speech and agrees to show it. But at the point where Muhammad is to be seen, the screen is filled with the message: 'Comedy Central has refused to broadcast an image of Muhammad on their network.' " ¶ 4/21/2006 03:23:00 PM
