HBO Max reportedly snagged all 23 seasons of South Park except these five episodes for a cool $500 million.Kyle gives a speech about the effectiveness of threats and violence.
According to The Guardian, the censorship followed after a warning from a New York based group sent the death threat through their website. South Park Studios is a joint venture between South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone and Comedy Central.Īt that time, Comedy Central censored the episodes after a fatwa was released against the series. Related: Disney Censors Daryl Hannah’s Rear End In ‘Splash’ on Disney PlusĪccording to The Hollywood Reporter, the decision to have these five episodes not appear on HBO Max was made with South Park Studios’ agreement. Chatman stated, “Trey bought a ticket to South Africa and showed it to the head of the network because Chappelle had fled to Africa. He added, “We were so exhausted by it all, we were like, “F*** it, just get on to the next episode.” That was the hardest we’ve ever pushed back.”Īs to what that push back looked like South Park producer Vernon Chatman detailed they threatened to leave like Dave Chappelle. He explained, “What pissed me off about episodes 200 and 201 was that I thought the episodes ended up being really good.” South Park creator Trey Parker would indicate the decision to censor the episode pissed him off. That was the decision we needed to make.” Herzog explained, “We were protecting everyone who works here. In a discussion about South Park to celebrate its 20th season back in 2016, Doug Herzog, the Comedy Central executive who originally greenlit the show, explained that the decision to censor the episodes when they originally aired was to protect the team. Related: SEGA Removes ‘Rising Sun’ Sonic the Hedgehog Hoodie From Online Store After Causing Offense to Korean Fans They then added, “We’ll be back next week with a whole new show about something completely different, and we’ll see what happens to it.” Parker and Stone wrote, “It didn’t mention Muhammad at all but it got bleeped too.” The statement also detailed there would be a speech at the end of the episode “about intimidation and fear” but it was also censored. We delivered our version of the show to Comedy Central, and they made a determination to alter the episode.” Related: Jenny Slate Quits Netflix’s Big Mouth Citing Animated Character’s Raceįollowing the censorship, Stone and Parker issued a statement picked up by The New York Times that read, “In the 14 years we’ve been doing ‘South Park’ we have never done a show that we couldn’t stand behind. They also directed individuals to Comedy Central’s New York headquarters writing, “You can pay them a visit at these addresses.” Van Gogh was assassinated in 2004 after he directed “Submission: Part 1” that documented the abuse women faced in Muslim countries. The Guardian explains that the website hosted a picture of Van Gogh with his throat cut and knife in his chest. They specifically detailed it came from a website titled Revolution Muslim and that they threatened that Matt Stone and Trey Parker “will probably wind up like Theo van Gogh.” They blacked out the character and bleeped his name.Īccording to The Guardian, the original censorship in 2010 came after Comedy Central received “a warning from a New York-based group of extremist Muslim converts that could be construed as a death threat.” Related: Bob Greenblatt Explains Decision To Remove “Gone With the Wind” From HBO MaxĮpisodes “200” and “201” were censored by Comedy Central when they aired. “Cartoon Wars Part 1” and “Cartoon Wars Part 2” are still available to stream on the South Park website. They were also not available to stream on the official South Park website. “Super Best Friends,” “200,” and “201” had previously been banned from Comedy Central’s deal with Hulu where South Park had been available for streaming. Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Ī new report details that HBO Max has banned five episodes of Comedy Central’s South Park because they depict the Prophet Muhammad.ĭeadline reports that HBO Max refused to host five episodes of South Park because they depict Islam’s Prophet Muhammad.Īccording to the report the shows not shown are Season 5’s “Super Best Friends,” Season 14’s “200” and “201,” and Season 10’s Cartoon Wars Part 1 and Cartoon Wars Part 2.Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window).Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window).Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window).Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window).Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window).Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window).Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window).Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window).
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