Tuesday, March 14, 2006

Isaac Hayes leaving South Park

Hayes is pissed and leaving the South Park show.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news06/060314a.php

Comment: ((Hayes, who has voiced the character Chef since the series began in 1997, released a statement through his spokesman Monday requesting a release from his contract because he "is disappointed with what he perceives as a growing insensitivity toward personal spiritual beliefs."))

There seems to be a major falling out with voice actor/singer Isaac Hayes and the South Park Creators. I guess this was stemming from Tom Cruise Episode. Come on Hayes I like you and your music, but everyone and everything gets lampooned by this show.

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((Stone has fired back at Hayes saying, "This is 100 percent having to do with his faith of Scientology... He has no problem - and he's cashed plenty of checks - with our show making fun of Christians." Last November South Park satirized the Church of Scientology and its celebrity followers in a top-rated episode entitled Trapped In The Closet. In the episode, a cartoon version of Scientologist Tom Cruise locks himself in a closet and refuses to come out. Stone adds that he and Parker "never heard a peep out of Isaac in any way until we did Scientology. He wants a different standard for religions other than his own, and, to me, that is where intolerance and bigotry begin." Parker has previously said the show had avoided the controversial topic of Scientology out of respect for Hayes and his religious beliefs. He explains, "Finally, we just had to tell Isaac, 'Dude, we totally love working with you, and this is nothing personal, it's just we're South Park, and, if we don't do this, we're belittling everything else we've ripped on.'"))

2 comments:

Jeff said...

Isaac Hayes is a Scientologist? Wow. My entire worldview, gone. Dang. There is no god, is there?

Semaj said...

Yeah, He doesnt seem to 'fit' the loopy type.

 
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