October 15, 200816 yr 'South Park' rape scene ignites controversy Tuesday, October 14 2008, 20:46 BST By Simon Reynolds, Entertainment Reporter A scene of Steven Spielberg and George Lucas raping Harrison Ford in a recent South Park episode has sparked controversy in the US. In the episode 'The China Problem', the actor is shown in his Indiana Jones costume being forced upon by Jewish director Spielberg and producer Lucas in a scene parodying Deliverance and The Accused. The episode aired on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur on October 9. Anti-Defamation League spokesperson Myrna Shinbaum told the New York Daily News: "South Park has been offensive and has had very anti-Jewish pieces in the past. We understand that the show is trying to satirise, but it may get lost on those who are haters." Comedy Central, the network that airs South Park, is owned by Viacom, the parent company of Paramount Pictures. Ford, Spielberg and Lucas worked together on the Indiana Jones series with Paramount. Steve Albani of Comedy Central said: "We don't comment episode by episode on South Park or whether they cross the line, but South Park has a history, and people know what they are getting into when they watch it." THAT'S SO TRUE! - Some people nowadays are ridiculous! :rolleyes:
October 15, 200816 yr If the Jewish people didn't speak up about this i'd have never even know Spielberg was Jewish! But bleh. People know South Park is insulting - it's insulting to EVERYONE, and it's been going for 11 odd years, and they've done far more offensive things over the years...
October 27, 200816 yr Aye - I'm still loving South Park more than ever I don't really get why people are so offended by it? It does after all usually have a good moral to the story and promotes pretty liberal values even if it does take the micky on the way
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