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South Park is an American animated sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone.Its frequent depiction of taboo subject matter, unusual (especially sophomoric) humor and portrayal of religion for comic effect has generated controversy, ire from critics, and debate throughout the world over the course of its 26 seasons.
In response to the episode's criticism of the Chinese government, South Park was entirely banned in China, including on its streaming services and social media platforms. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] In October 2019, insiders told Bloomberg News that Apple Inc. , which has a significant portion of its users and manufacturers in China, was reportedly ...
Tom Cruise has done more for South Park than anyone I think in the world." [57] The episode was released in several DVDs, including South Park the Hits: Volume 1 and South Park: The Complete Ninth Season, [58] in contradiction with an alleged request by either the Church of Scientology or Cruise to never put the episode on DVD format. [54]
China will reportedly no longer air episodes of the long-running raunchy 'South Park,' which often skewers international politics and government.
South Park is an American animated television sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for Comedy Central. [1] Parker and Stone developed the series from two animated shorts both titled The Spirit of Christmas (1992, 1995), and was originally developed for Fox.
The episode takes aim at Hollywood's editorial tweaking to avoid Chinese government censorship.South Park banned in China following "Band in China" episode Nina Corcoran
Neither episode is available on the Dutch South Park Studios website; the same applies to the German website as of May 9, 2010. [77] [78] The Swedish affiliate of Comedy Central also refused to broadcast "200" and "201" in Sweden: [79] Comedy Central has decided not to air these two episodes of South Park.
On October 7, 2019, South Park was reportedly banned from the Chinese Internet with videos, mentions, and discussion forums for the animated series being removed and shut down in response to episode 2 of the season, "Band in China". Later in the day South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone mockingly apologized. [7]