Chef Quits Southpark…
Isaac Hayes just quit his career-reviving gig on South Park because… well, because the show finally got around to making fun of his religion:
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.”
Matt Stone ain’t having it:
“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.”
I hope we’ll be seeing a South Park episode about this next season.
Holy shit! Whose side to I pick on this one? Bat shit crazy, litigious Scientology or gay-baiting libertarian GOP supporters?
Fuck it. I'll just let this one be theater.