well they do bring it on themselves
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list we're looking at the biggest
controversy surrounding South Park these
controversies can stem from a variety of
institutions including the media
religious organizations or specific
individuals as long as a generated
controversy of some kind it will be
included you can't make fun of
Scientology kid
we are gonna sue your ass and your balls
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number ten ridiculing Chinese censorship
and then can you learn to play bass
watching YouTube videos of John Lennon
with the Dalai Lama
oh oh oh yeah no no we don't want to go
there talking about the Dali Lama
doesn't go over well with the Chinese
that way on October 2nd 2019 South Park
aired banned in China an episode that
viciously satirized Chinese censorship
and the ways in which the entertainment
industry bends to their demands American
audiences loved it as it wonderfully
critiqued both the Chinese censorship
laws and the compromised state of
American entertainment Chinese audiences
not so much what kind of madhouse is
this China essentially scrubbed South
Park from existence removing every
episode from its streaming services
every clip from the internet and every
fan site or social media page dedicated
to discussing the series if I want to do
death metal I can't it's a free country
God God God cut kids let's not say
anything about this being a free country
oh come on hey these guys were nice
enough to come all the way from China to
help us with our standards we can at
least listen to their notes in true
South Park fashion Trey Parker and Matt
Stone issued a faux apology writing
quote like the NBA we welcomed the
Chinese censors into our homes and into
our hearts we too love money more than
freedom and democracy number nine
excessive use of profanity so so guess
what they're gonna say tonight on that
show cop drama what
no come on guess they're gonna say
something that's never been said on
television if you think self-park is
controversial now you should have seen
it in the early 2000s you couldn't go
ten minutes without someone calling it
the bane of Western civilization back
then people were incensed that the show
contained profanity oh I bet this is it
here again I'm doing my job fake we have
to know where that evidence was shipped
Oh with that it shipped he said I
told you we don't have a record of that
but it wasn't just South Park the show
Chicago Hope also generated significant
media attention around a character uh
Turing the phrase happens to combat
this
Southpark co-creator Trey Parker wrote
it hits the fan an episode where the
same swear word from that phrase is said
and written a total of 200 times that
words getting kind of old it's not
really funny anymore yeah they're gonna
have to come up with a new swear word
soon this equates to the word being said
or written every eight seconds
surprisingly the episode itself didn't
stir up much controversy aside from the
five thousand odd emails that were sent
to Comedy Central number eight
portrayal of Mormonism all right kids
now how about we do some Scripture
readings from the Book of Mormon the
Book of Mormon what's that the season 7
episode all about Mormons concerns a
Mormon family moving into South Park and
swaying the marshes with their religion
the episode obviously touches on a lot
of important facets relating to
Mormonism including the Book of Mormon
family home evening the story of founder
Joseph Smith and the golden plates I
have in my possession an ancient book
written on gold plates that tells of
Jesus Christ's second coming here in
America in America really that sounds
kind of dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb
Parker concedes that he found the
episode difficult to write as most of
the Mormons he knew were friendly and
good-natured people how come you want to
fight me oh I get it I'm the new kid
yeah I guess maybe I deserve it huh
it's really tough being in a totally new
place but I think all you guys are
really cool so I understand if there's
initiation rites stop it the LDS Church
stated that although the episode did not
hamper their growth they did admit that
quote individual church members felt
uncomfortable over the gross portrayal
of church history and so Joseph Smith
put his head into a hat and read to me
what the golden plate said I wrote it
all down and we're gonna publish it into
a book Martin how do you know he isn't
just making stuff up and pretending he's
translating off golden plates number
seven the Steve Irwin cameo on September
4th 2006 Steve Irwin tragically died
after a stingray attack on October 25th
just seven weeks after the tragedy
Irwin appeared in the episode Hell on
Earth 2006
hey Satan you got a little problem whoa
somebody showed up in a Crocodile Hunter
costume it's really offending some of
the other guests in the episode Owen can
be seen at Satan's party with a stingray
protruding from a bloody chest wound
listen dude
you know the whole Crocodile Hunter
thing it's just a little soon you know I
mean he just died a few weeks ago and
it's just not super cool you gotta leave
but it's me Satan
Steve Owen this spurred a lot of vocal
controversy particularly from the Irwin
family a friend of Aaron's Widow
released a statement saying quote Terry
is devastated Steve is being mocked in
such a cruel way her worry is that their
children bindi and Bob will see it and
break down many voice their criticism
believing the episode to be distasteful
on the other hand Trey Parker and Matt
Stone were surprised the cameo cost so
much controversy believing that they've
done things on the show that were far
more offensive now I will take charge of
Halloween and call upon the spirits of
Hell's most evil Souls Ted Bundy Jeffrey
Dahmer
at John Wayne Gacy number six sex
education okay boys this is the first
day of sexual education okay now I know
that some of you think this is very
funny words like penis and vagina no
stop that
this season 5 episode serves as a satire
on sex education in schools beating it
up don't you guys know anything the
episode contains many problematic and
graphic scenes needless to say the
episode generated some significant
criticism from censorship boards
Australian channels gave the episode an
MA rating and aired it in a later time
slot while the British channel Sky 1
refused to air the episode altogether
subsequent rebroadcasts and the DVD
version are both edited and the episode
has never been aired in syndication just
walk away just walk away number 5 the
curious departure of Isaac Hayes you
guys chef is going away going away for
how long Isaac Hayes voiced chef for
nearly 10 years before randomly quitting
in March of 2006 according to the press
release made in his name he left the
show due to their supposed quote
intolerance and bigotry towards
religious beliefs
goodbye chef have a great time with the
super adventure club goodbye
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Parker and stone found his departure
suspicious and argued that Hayes was a
hypocrite as he only showed contention
with the show when it made fun of his
own religion Scientology hello I'm dr.
Nealon what can I do for you today hi
our friend has been brainwashed by some
fruity little Club brainwashed however
reports began to emerge indicating that
the statement was likely made and
concocted by someone else this was later
confirmed by Hayes's son Isaac Hayes the
third according to him his father's
fellow Scientologists had released the
statement under his name after he had
suffered a debilitating stroke number
four racial slurs on November 17 2006
Michael Richards effectively tarnished
his legacy through a vile and racist
rant at Hollywood's Laugh Factory that's
the guy from Seinfeld use the n-word a
whole bunch of tabs Michael Richard this
inspired Parker and stone to write with
apologies to Jesse Jackson an episode
exploring the societal implications of
the n-word Jesse Jackson is not the
Emperor of black people he told my daddy
was the episode contained 43 uncensored
uses of the word but despite that it
received very little media attention in
fact it was even praised for both its
humor and relevance in society
ironically this lack of controversy
stirred some controversy particularly
from the Parents Television Council a
conservative advocacy group according to
its founder the lack of media attention
was hypocritical as other people
specifically radio host Don Imus had
been criticized for using similar racist
language in the past however his
controversy is nowhere near as awkward
or embarrassing as Randy's own daggers
of course daggers number three the
Virgin Mary statue what seems to be the
officer problem sir
why don't you step out of the car for me
this episode sees the citizens of South
Park flocking to a statue
of the Virgin Mary that shoots a
substantial amount of blood from its
rectum which they believe contains
healing powers as news of the miracle
spreads hundreds are expected to show up
here at the church hoping to witness the
miracle and even cure their diseases
when Pope Benedict the sixteenth
investigates the statue he discovers
that the blood actually emits from the
vagina which negates its healing
potential after witnessing the
phenomenon firsthand the Pope then
cleaned himself off and then declared
that the bleeding Virgin Mary statue is
not a miracle what as you can imagine
numerous groups took issue with the
Virgin Mary spraying vaginal blood on
people I'm not going to drink this I'm
not going to drink this the Catholic
League attempted to have the episode
erased and religious groups in New
Zealand tried to prevent it from airing
in their country
notable religious figures voiced their
concern including Archbishop Denis heart
and Bishop Williams skill stad who
claimed that Comedy Central showed
extreme insensitivity by airing the
episode number two closet gate Xenu
thought his Galaxy was overpopulated and
so he rounded up countless aliens from
all different planets and then had those
aliens frozen the season 9 episode
trapped in the closet takes substantial
shots at the religion of Scientology and
its famous members this resulted in an
enormous amount of backlash including
the affirmation departure of Isaac Hayes
and what was then termed closet gate
comedy central's suspiciously cancelled
a rebroadcast of the episode in March
2006 and many people suspected the
involvement of Tom Cruise hey I'm sorry
I didn't whose was promoting Mission
Impossible 3 at the time and Comedy
Central's parent company Viacom also
owns Paramount Pictures according to the
theory Cruise refused to promote the
movie unless the episode was pulled in
Viacom relented mr. Cruise mr. Cruise
come out of the closet No come on mr.
Cruise this is ridiculous I'm never
coming out
Cruz denied the allegations the incident
caused some major animosity between
Parker in stone and Comedy Central we've
just had an incredible development here
Mitch Tom Cruise John Travolta and our
Kelly have all come out of the closet so
you're not the Prophet huh you made me
look stupid I'm gonna sue you too
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just that there's somebody I've always
wanted to meet face to face you can get
him to show up in your town sure who is
it we can get anybody for you Mohammed
the prophet of the Muslim faith
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that's tricky 200 and 201 aren't just
the most controversial episodes of South
Park but each has a case for being the
most controversial episodes in
television history after the airing of
two hundred Parker and stone received
open death threats from a radical Muslim
organization due to the episodes
depiction of Muhammad yeah showing an
image of him is completely off-limits
and censored so nobody has ever seen
what Muhammed looks like as a result
Comedy Central heavily censored the
ending of 201 wherein Kyle gives a
satirical speech about the effectiveness
of violent threats
you see I learned something today
throughout this whole ordeal we've all
wanted to show things that we weren't
allowed to show but it wasn't because of
some magic boo it was because of the
magical power of threatening people with
violence the network then became the
subject of controversy not only did they
ironically nullify and directly
contradicts the speeches theme by
censoring the episode but they proved
that violent threats actually work
critics suggested that the act of
cowardly caving to demands would only
encourage similar violent behavior from
radical organizations do you agree with
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