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Isaac Hayes has quit "South Park," where he voices Chef, saying he can no longer stomach its take on religion.
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Hayes, who has played the ladies' man/school cook in the animated Comedy Central satire since 1997, said in a statement Monday that he feels a line has been crossed.
"There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry towards religious beliefs of others begins," the 63-year-old soul singer and outspoken Scientologist said.
"Religious beliefs are sacred to people, and at all times should be respected and honored," he continued. "As a civil rights activist of the past 40 years, I cannot support a show that disrespects those beliefs and practices."
"South Park" co-creator Matt Stone responded sharply in an interview with The Associated Press Monday, saying, "This is 100 percent having to do with his faith of Scientology... He has no problem — and he's cashed plenty of checks — with our show making fun of Christians."
Last November, "South Park" targeted the Church of Scientology and its celebrity followers, including actors Tom Cruise and John Travolta, in a top-rated episode called "Trapped in the Closet." In the episode, Stan, one of the show's four mischievous fourth graders, is hailed as a reluctant savior by Scientology leaders, while a cartoon Cruise locks himself in a closet and won't come out.
Stone told The AP he and co-creator Trey Parker "never heard a peep out of Isaac in any way until we did Scientology. He wants a different standard for religions other than his own, and to me, that is where intolerance and bigotry begin."
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maybe Isaac hayes shoudl have asked to have been written into the episode to do his usual 'goodwill' chef stuff, who knows.
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Grow Up! There's nothing wrong with offensive cartoons, as long as they based in truth....if somethings saying, for example, all Jews kill and eat Xtian babies and means it, thats bad. But South Park isn't designed to be taken seriously.
Lighten up and have some choclate.....
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"A spokesman for the show's makers Comedy Central said producers had not decided if Chef would be dropped from the show."
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personally i do think scientology is a money grubbing cult, and is comparable to jedi in its silliness.
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I loved how they actually had a banner across it that said 'THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT SCIENTOLOGISTS BELIEVE'
Then again is it any worse than people wanting to declare 'Jedi' as a religion? I believe that any religion should be respected on its own merits. If people wanna pay money for that and feels it betters their lives, let them... I don't think Scientology would get as much stick if it weren't for the megolmaniacal likes of Tom 'You called me gay so I'll sue you' Cruise and aforementioned hypocritical rhetoric of the Mr Hayes.
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Hmmm. I would speculate that it might have something to do with the fact that scientologists have money + lawyers.
If you mock muslims with cartoons you run the risk of being knifed in the street or blown up. If you mock scientologists you are likely to get sued.
Fundamentalist X-tians are probably your safest target, since they are likely to take literally the whole "turning the other cheek" commandment.
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Hmmm. I would speculate that it might have something to do with the fact that scientologists have money + lawyers.
If you mock muslims with cartoons you run the risk of being knifed in the street or blown up. If you mock scientologists you are likely to get sued.
Fundamentalist X-tians are probably your safest target, since they are likely to take literally the whole "turning the other cheek" commandment.
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What do "South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone think about it? They issued this statement to Daily Variety: "So, Scientology, you may have won THIS battle, but the million-year war for earth has just begun! Temporarily anozinizing our episode will NOT stop us from keeping Thetans forever trapped in your pitiful man-bodies. Curses and drat! You have obstructed us for now, but your feeble bid to save humanity will fail! Hail Xenu!!!" It was signed, "Trey Parker and Matt Stone, servants of the dark lord Xenu."
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