Paramount unaware of Southpark doing a show with Lucas and Spielberg

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LOL@this pic
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UPDATE: I've learned Paramount's top execs missed last night's South Park episode viciously spoofing Steven Spielberg and George Lucas for "raping" Indiana Jones in this summer's fourquel. No, I mean really recreating those rape scenes from The Accused and Deliverance and scattering them throughout the incredibly racist episode. My info is that Paramount will look into this on Friday with parent company Viacom which produces the savage adult toon.

I learned about the episode from a tipster, saw it, and thought OH MY GOD.

Remember how Tom Cruise was upset with Viacom for allowing South Park to air the infamous "Trapped in the Closet" episode? I can't begin to imagine what Brad Grey and Rob Moore, and Spielberg and Lucas, will say to Viacom. Especially since Paramount confirmed to me this week that an Indiana Jones 5 is a very, very real possibility and that Lucas has already begun development on it.
 
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Great episode. Especially Butters [deleted to prevent spoilage].
 
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I thought it was pretty good. I'm sure there will be hell to pay for it, but South Park's legal team is probably already working on their defense.
 
nakedfrog

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Originally posted by: Taxation
I thought it was pretty good. I'm sure there will be hell to pay for it, but South Park's legal team is probably already working on their defense.
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What defense could they need? As far as I'm aware, parody and satire are entirely legal.
 
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Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: Taxation
I thought it was pretty good. I'm sure there will be hell to pay for it, but South Park's legal team is probably already working on their defense.
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What defense could they need? As far as I'm aware, parody and satire are entirely legal.
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You're probably right, I was thinking they might try to file a defamation suit. Not sure if that applies here.
 
SagaLore

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That last Indiana Jones movie never should have been made.

Or at least, don't put in interdimensional aliens and cgi animated monkies.
 
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The concern isn't a lawsuit, the concern is that Paramount (which released Indiana Jones) is part of Viacom (which owns Comedy Central and produces South Park). In other words, company isn't going to be happy.
 
HannibalX

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Ford already said you won't be seeing Dr. Jones on screen again.

South Park is a social parody and therefore is protected speech. Don't like it, don't watch it. Simple.
 
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http://latimesblogs.latimes.co...0/south-park-vs-l.html

Never mind "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report," the most welcome Comedy Central program this election season just might be "South Park."

The series has been on a roll for the past four/five seasons, and whether turning an alien invasion into an examination of immigration, or leprechauns into targets of terrorism, "South Park" has been presenting relatively reasoned examinations of cultural issues.

Until, perhaps, last night. "South Park" has missed out on skewering this summer's pop-culture events, and last night, the episode was on the attack. As dark and twisted as "The Dark Knight" was, "South Park" was just as aggressively over the top.

Returning with new episodes as part of its 12th season, "South Park" didn't level its aim at presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain (fingers are crossed for such an episode to be forthcoming). Instead, the series had Hollywood heavyweights George Lucas and Steven Spielberg directly in sights.

Oh, there was also a paranoid Cartman convinced that China's Olympic opening ceremony telegraphed an attack on the United States, but Cartman's mockery of Chinese stereotypes was almost an afterthought after Matt Parker and Trey Stone completely dismantled the worldwide hit "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull."

"We all saw it happen," says the handicapped Jimmy, discussing "The Crystal Skull" as if it's a personal tragedy. "Do you remember that scene with Indiana in the refrigerator? It didn't make any sense, Stan."

From there, an excited Stan sits down to watch the latest film in a dream sequence/nightmare, but soon has to warn Indiana Jones that Spielberg and Lucas are nearby. And then Indy's pants come off.

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The boys of "South Park" spend much of the episode struggling to come to grips with the raping of Indiana Jones. In its rave review of the episode, IGN wrote that "South Park" went "beyond offensive and into some sort of hyper-offensive stratosphere," all of it hilarious.

Indeed, each scene builds upon the other, with Spielberg and Lucas eventually becoming two rednecks in the woods who demand Indy "squeal like a pig" as the pair humiliates and degrades a cinematic icon. A Stormtrooper gets it even worse, prompting the "South Park" police to lock up the directors to prevent such travesties from happening again.

Not that anyone didn't see this coming. Parker and Stone tried to warn Spielberg and Lucas from even making a fourth "Indiana Jones" flick. Back in 2002, the series took the two to task for re-editing their films for the worse, hoping to prevent a ruining of "Raiders of the Lost Ark."

But was continually -- and graphically -- having Spielberg and Lucas violently rape Indiana Jones too far? "He's gonna do it right there!" shouts a cartoon Spielberg in one scene, holding back Indy's hands over a pinball machine. Or was seeing a Stormtrooper completely defiled still easier to swallow than having to watch Shia LaBeouf swing like a monkey, or worse, inserting aliens into the film?

Show Tracker put a call in to Lucasfilm to try to get their thoughts (ha!), but in the meantime, do you side with "South Park," or those behind the "Crystal Skull" on this one? Coming a few days after The Times' Hero Complex wrote that "Indy 5" is still a possibility, it might be time to make your voice known.
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K1052

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There have been war crimes less serious than the horrific scripts Lucas has penned.
 
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eh, I dont think much will happen to them. They are Emmey winning and have almost a cult following at this point. If they were to take it off the air, Parker and Stone have enough money that they can go out on there own. Plus, with things like Hulu and south park studios online already in place, it should be easy to make the transaction.

The best would be for this episode to win an Emmey like the "Cruise in a Closet" episode. Then Viacom would have almost NO legs to stand on. They can just grumble in the corner!
 
Deeko

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Obviously this is more over the top, but South Park already did an episode ripping on Lucas/Spielberg for remakes.
 
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Originally posted by: Ns1

"We all saw it happen," says the handicapped Jimmy, discussing "The Crystal Skull" as if it's a personal tragedy. "Do you remember that scene with Indiana in the refrigerator? It didn't make any sense, Stan."
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Oh man I love it, this was by far the worst part. Will this episode be on the Comedy Central website?
 
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Originally posted by: scott916
Originally posted by: Ns1

"We all saw it happen," says the handicapped Jimmy, discussing "The Crystal Skull" as if it's a personal tragedy. "Do you remember that scene with Indiana in the refrigerator? It didn't make any sense, Stan."
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Oh man I love it, this was by far the worst part. Will this episode be on the Comedy Central website?
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http://www.southparkstudios.com/
 
jonks

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saying a south park episode is racist is like calling an aradio post trollish
 
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