March 18, 2006
Religious Beliefs Hatefully Mocked
Actor Tom Cruise threatened to boycott promotion of his upcoming Paramount Pictures film unless a sister cable TV network pulled a South Park rerun lampooning the Church of Scientology, industry sources said yesterday.
Representatives for Paramount and Cruise, a prominent Scientologist, denied he made any such threats or had anything to do with the Comedy Central network canceling plans to air a repeat of the "South Park" episode titled 'Trapped in the Closet', on Wednesday.
Trey Parker and Matt Stone, creators of the crudely animated cartoon hit, issued a quirky statement, filled with references to Scientology and the science-fiction writings of church founder L. Ron Hubbard, suggesting Scientology was behind the scheduling change.
"So, Scientology, you have won THIS battle, but the million-year war for Earth has just begun," the pair wrote.
"(This) will NOT stop us from keeping Thetans forever trapped in your pitiful man-bodies. Curses and drat! You have obstructed us for now, but your feeble bid to save humanity will fail! Hail Xenu!!!"
Nice.
(from here)
UPDATE: Check out the first result for a google image search of "Xenu".
Now that's just cruel!
Posted by Quentin George at March 18, 2006 07:40 PMSweet. I love those two...And someone should send Cruise back to his home planet...he's getting too much for me to digest.
Posted by: Jan at March 18, 2006 09:00 PM