south_park sixth episode fourteenth season south_park overall episode series originally aired comedy central united_states april episode continued multiple storylines previous episode group angry celebrities demand south_park produce muslim prophet muhammad superhero like group religious figures team save south_park celebrities monster learns true identity father episode written directed series creator like alludes past storylines controversies previous south_park episodes especially refusal images muhammad network following controversies cartoons depicting muhammad ran european newspapers resulting riots threats prior broadcast radical muslim organization revolution muslim posted warning website parker stone murdered depiction muhammad comedy central modified parker stone version episode images references muhammad effect entire minute moral conclusion story nominated primetime emmy award outstanding animated program censorship drew strong criticism said network action encourage threats radical groups shown repeats available south_park website shown sweden hungary australia netherlands places episode sexual healing shown instead episode united_kingdom parts removed short screen message appears stating outline removed parts mtv comedy central refused air image muhammad network according nielsen_media_research episode seen million viewers making watched cable television program night january original version leaked pulled south park studios posted online entirety approval plot episode opens hand puppet persona flashback connor medical discharge vietnam war tour duty parody scene film apocalypse song time season zombies plays background present garrison refuses reveal identity father instead sends negotiating muhammad begins attack south_park muhammad visually obscured entire episode black box superimposed word censored taken stan kyle kenny lab arrive muhammad captive called south_park help powers fail subdue having krishna adopt form providing opportunity perform duet contact celebrities offer share muhammad exchange access celebrities transfer machine transfers muhammad power remain free ridicule target individual cruise subjected process gaining censored box identical muhammad transfers interrupted super best friends arrive free muhammad taken meet head depicted melodramatic scott decorated represent con carnival gained revenge scott eating parents reveals share father player meaning act revenge scott killed father fed half brother fight celebrities escapes confusion fight leaps cruise leading stan observe censored box cruise disappears present continue jokes based fact words sound cruise questions able leads monologue kyle jesus christ explaining exist threatening people violence true answer completely obscured continuous audio town begins rebuild following attack 39th time according mayor stan kyle kenny find crying learned murdered father half reminds half tells makes pretty cool departs boys find cruise crying place live fear stan kenny kyle promise help cruise place episode closing shot cruise corpse lying moon surface alongside corpse featured free production written directed series founder rated united_states originally aired comedy central united_states april episode continued multiple storylines previous episode entry series parker fellow creator decided celebrate episode featured seasons multiple celebrities series history inspiring parker stone past celebrities join class action lawsuit town south_park kids children fair skin red hair featured past episodes ridiculed views prejudice uses hand puppet con artist named originally appeared seventh season episode fat butt head pretends hand uses hispanic stereotypes portrayal regards connor separate entity conversations stan kyle accept idea included characters featured return kevin characters featured south_park years previously recurring characters appearances including slave references murder scott parents fifth season episode end dead body lies alongside corpse killer whale reference ninth season episode free south_park boys help escape marine amusement park flee moon believing paradise muhammad storyline prominent storylines continued characters efforts bring muhammad public view based past controversies cartoons controversy drawings controversy european newspapers published cartoons muhammad resulting riots global protests death threats artists result incidents publications television studios refused broadcast images muhammad form inspiration efforts harvest muhammad apparent immunity satire ridicule parker stone previously voiced dissatisfaction images muhammad censored despite fact image shown episode super best friends censorship cartoon controversies began continues theme argues fear censorship calls support free speech muhammad image subject considered taboo threats censorship week broadcasts website new_york based radical muslim organization revolution muslim posted entry included warning creators parker stone violent retribution depictions muhammad entry stated probably wind like airing filmmaker murdered man named making short documentary violence women islamic societies posting provided addresses new_york production company los_angeles author post said meant serve warning parker stone threat providing addresses meant people opportunity protest entry included audio clips sermon calling assassination muhammad saying messenger reason encourage muslims kill subsequently website organization temporarily web traffic images bomb head older muslim man kissing young boy aired increased security headquarters direct response threats law enforcement officials said talk engaged actual violence concerned website post inspire violence original broadcast april references muhammad obscured audio portions dialogue censored including entirety consecutive spoken kyle jesus santa end moral episode muhammad appeared previous episode censorship episodes obscured images apparently muhammad black censored box immediately episode aired series website posted notice said inserted numerous additional episode parker stone submitted final cut network network later confirmed responsible audio censorship april released brief statement years south_park couldn stand delivered version determination alter episode wasn joke comedy central added fact kyle customary final speech intimidation fear didn mention muhammad got week new completely different happens developments anticipated south_park episodes cartoon wars cartoon wars episodes showed south_park reaction controversy censorship muhammad depictions fictional episodes family guy united_states aired following original debut south_park usually repeat week episodes earlier season shown instead generally makes versions episodes immediately available view notice indicated parker stone network approval original version version seen website aired april episode censored american broadcast breaking network multi year practice airing south_park completely shown version comedy central netherlands episode available website swedish affiliate refused broadcast sweden claiming comedy central decided air episodes south_park decision great reluctance believes strongly creative freedom expression unique deeply creative talents like south_park able express freely benefit safety employees number priority decided measures super best friends pulled south park studios site following increased media attention episodes unavailable itunes store streaming download services super best friends banned cultural references connor flashback vietnam war beginning episode time season english rock group zombies plays background scenes closely mirror scene graphic novel batman killing joke commissioner gordon defeated inability resist performing pop singer songwriter scene building screams gone real life restaurant seen episode parker stone production facility named reception ratings original american broadcast april watched million viewers according nielsen_media_research making watched cable television night previous week episode seen million viewers reviews writer said improvement felt cohesive episode grab bag balls crazy scenes cameos loyal fans appreciate said sure talked episode south_park comedy central announced responsible censorship speculated possibly publicity stunt parker stone create controversy increase viewership ign said episode built events delivered strong particularly subplot father way tied said added provided laughs episode underlying theme opposing censorship response censorship according survey conducted aired majority americans opposed censorship episode disagreed network decision censor agreeing decision disagreed censorship said disagreed strongly agreed claiming felt strongly commentators suggested responded revolution muslim warnings depictions muhammad muslim scored significant public victory washington_post wrote phrase terrorists win columnist pointed relatively small group half dozen said response terrorists win doubt try stunt likewise said terrorists won terrorists won globe_and_mail said censorship lowest point history american represented fear post september attacks world los_angeles_times columnist said easy answers surprised comedy central took threat seriously added democracy artists political allowed believe audience suggested comedy central actually drew attention muhammad controversy episode said actions risk empowering consequence position win people incentive lots people like certain kind material removed religious political winning likely behavior gets rewarded gets repeated seventeen pulitzer prize winning protested threats petition released april signatures petition stated condemn recent threats creators south_park organization freedom expression universal right reject group seeks silence people violence intimidation united_states proud tradition political satire believe right speak draw freely censorship april broadcast daily host responded censorship minute monologue death threats expressing disgust culminating song telling fuck stewart criticized decision alter episode simultaneously acknowledging likely protect employees possible harmful repercussions host hbo talk real time said threats demonstrated importance amendment american civil liberties said south_park got threatened week depiction muhammad served serve reminder culture isn different makes death threats better added jokingly don want kill stupid cartoon result revolution muslim statement seattle cartoonist suggested people draw publish pictures muhammad dubbed annual everybody draw day actually joined criticizing islam depicting prophet instead like stewart merely praised efforts condemned idea censorship went hiding shortly advice fbi animated comedy series family guy creator voiced creative community saying bigger critic organized religion added tricky pick battles judge real threat funny joke care joke simpsons addressed apparent claimed stand south_park gag opening sequence april episode whale writing south_park stand weren scared sri_lanka ban depiction cocaine prompted government sri_lanka ban entire series outright home release fourteenth season south_park released april dvd blu ray including episode playing episode prior theme playing text card appears saying following episode appears originally aired april aired released following statement shows original message released episode aired consequently muhammad speeches kyle jesus santa censored broadcast version end speeches censored accompanied music dvd unlike april airing featured raw audio episode audio commentary parker comments opening scene noting episode intended sent stone comment supposed talk moments large audio commentary stone says yeah pretty commentary parker stone mention muhammad directly referring prophet muslim faith despite package claiming omitted region release completely omitted region contains predominantly north_africa release online leak version january original version episode illegally leaked distributed online approval user realized episode existed official website web downloaded despite having leaked super best friends aired legally available dvd
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