Doucheanetics Part 2
Remember when Issac Hayes quit South Park because they made fun of Scientology? (hint: it was only a few days ago) Well this has awoken Tom Cruise from his hyperbaric sleeping chamber. Cruise, knowing there is only room for one crazy Scientologist story on the front page, wasn’t going to let Issac keep the spotlight for long.
Comedy Central was supposed to re-air the “Trapped in the Closet” episode this week that caused Issac to quit. In a last minute move, they switched the episode. Variety is reporting that they made this switch based on threats made by Tom Cruise. That’s right folks, Tom Cruise is now (allegedly, don’t sue me Tom) controlling what you see on television. Variety claims that Cruise threatened to not promote his upcoming thriller Mission Impossible 3, which was made by the same parent company that controls Comedy Central, Viacom.
Matt Stone and Trey Parker, the creators of South Park, responded to this situation exactly as I had hoped/expected….mocking Scientology.(The following is from this CNN.com article)
“So, Scientology, you have won THIS battle, but the million-year war for Earth has just begun,” the pair wrote.
“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!!!”
I think the solution here is obvious folks. We all should convert to Scientology and appoint Tom Cruise to head up the newly created “sensitivity police”. This way we can all be sheltered from evils such as satire. You should think this over while watching “Risky Business”. All hail Tom!