Tom Cruise, selbst bekennender Scientology-Anhänger, tritt als Figur in dieser Folge auf. In dieser Folge, die sich mit der umstrittenen Scientology-Sekte auseinandersetzt, wird Stan von Scientologen zunächst für die Reinkarnation des Scientology-Gründers L. Seventy-five million years ago, the Dark Lord Xenu ruled the Galactic Federation of Planets and fearing overpopulation, froze aliens from countless planets and released the frozen remains into Hawaiian volcanoes on Earth, killing them instantly. The episode used cartoons to describe the history of Scientology and flashed, Scientologists ACTUALLY believe this, on the screen throughout. This is where South Park shone, it took a risk and even though they lost Chef (Who left claiming they were bigots, when in reality he was just upset that they attacked his religion) they won everyone over with their biting satire of a religion that needed to be taken on. In Deutschland wurde South Park von 19 auf RTL. In November 2005, Comedy Central aired an episode of the US show South Park entitled Trapped in the Closet that depicted Scientology in a pejorative manner. It's something that's so simple and yet so hilarious. What makes it even funnier is while all this talk about aliens and volcano's is going on at the bottom of the screen the words "This is what Scientologists actually believe". One of the funniest moments is something that I'm stunned no one did before them, the part where they explain what Scientology is. South Park seems to be funniest when it tackles either religion or a current political event and this is the best example. The second plot however is the one that I love most, the part that caused a lot of controversy and led to Issac Hayes leaving the show. Kelly's singing to Tom and John to the tune of his rap soap opera Trapped In The Closet is a stroke of genius. Kelly into this story just makes it funnier, R. There are 2 big plots to this episode, the one that a lot of people love is the "Tom Cruise won't come out of the closet" section which is hilariously silly. Taking on a subject like Scientology is nearly impossible for most because of the litigious nature of the group but thanks to the fast production of the show there wasn't time for Scientology to stop them doing it and we're lucky they didn't. However, under pressure from fans and the creators of South Park, Comedy Central later aired the episode on two separate occasions, and also released the episode in DVD format.This is easily the smartest and funniest episode of South Park that they've ever done. The German president’s wife and her fight against GoogleĬomedy Central pulled the repeat episode off of the air later that week, and the episode’s planned screening on the UK’s Paramount Comedy 1 channel was also cancelled.
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