Posts Tagged ‘Comedy Central’

April 26th, 2010

South Park’s politics of religion

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Long known for lambasting religious groups and celebrities alike (Scientology, thus, being one of the producers’ favorite targets), South Park, the long-running animated series on Comedy Central, made some news recently, when it depicted the Prophet Muhammad during its 200th episode. The episode deliberately blurred the lines of what is understood by “representation” or “depiction” of the Prophet, a question that has been especially touchy in the wake of the Danish cartoon incident.

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