Tuesday, March 21, 2006
South Park battles Tom Cruise...
Tom Cruise got Comedy Central to cancel last Wednesday night's South Park episode about Scientology by warning that he'd refuse to promote Mission Impossible 3, sources close to the situation say. Since Paramount is depending on the film to be its chief summer moneymaker, and Paramount is owned by Viacom, which also owns Comedy Central, the strategy worked. The South Park episode - which pokes fun at Scientology(an easy target frankly) and features a closeted(literally) Tom Cruise- was unceremoniously pulled at the last minute.
Here is Tom's big scene in case you missed it.
Well in response South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone released the following statement.: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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!!!
-- Trey Parker and Matt Stone, servants of the dark lord Xenu
Interestingly enough that statement will actually have meaning to Scientologists. BTW, when did Tom Cruise become such a thin skinned a--hat? Scientology appears to have taken a page out of the Bush Administration PR play book, brook no criticism whatsoever.
Here is Tom's big scene in case you missed it.
Well in response South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone released the following statement.: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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!!!
-- Trey Parker and Matt Stone, servants of the dark lord Xenu
Interestingly enough that statement will actually have meaning to Scientologists. BTW, when did Tom Cruise become such a thin skinned a--hat? Scientology appears to have taken a page out of the Bush Administration PR play book, brook no criticism whatsoever.
