South Park has been especially brilliant this year. Last night, they outdid themselves with an Easter special. The "star" of the episode was the head of the Catholic League, the hate-spewing, anti-semitic, homophobe Bill Donohue. And, South Park captured him perfectly. (You'll recall that Donohue was also the guy who led the attack against John Edwards' bloggers.)
After Donohue deposed the pope (for not torturing and killing enough), he didn't last long. Jesus returned to take care of him. Here's how the Orlando Sentinel's "TV Guy" described it:
The folks at "South Park" take no prisoners.Whores and cowards? Yeah, that's very Catholic.
Consider Wednesday's episode, which went after Bill Donohue, president of the conservative Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights. Donohue has been a severe critic of the animated series on Comedy Central.
The episode mixed Easter and "The Da Vinci Code" in typically wacky fashion. The plot involved the current pope and Jesus. The story ended with Jesus cutting Donahue in half with a flying ninja blade.
In other recent controversies, Donohue has called the co-creators of "South Park," Matt Stone and Trey Parker, whores and cowards.
The episode was brilliant. South Park will probably get sued by Donohue, who, for all his own hate-filled speech, is remarkably thin-skinned.
