Comedy Central considers show on Jesus Christ
After Comedy Central received threats last month for depicting the prophet Muhammad on “South Park,” the channel may continue its religious satire with a cartoon series about Jesus Christ, AP reports.
“JC” is one of 23 potential series the network said it has in development. It depicts Christ as a “regular guy” who moves to New York to “escape his father’s enormous shadow.”
His father is presented as an apathetic man who would rather play video games than listen to his son talk about his new life, according to Comedy Central’s thumbnail sketch of the idea.
Jesus Christ is already a recurring and often-ridiculed character in “South Park,” however whenever Muhammad is featured on the show, he is usually obscured with a black box because Muslims consider any physical representation of Muhammad as blasphemous.
In the 200th episode of “South Park,” which aired on April 14, the show brought back every person they have ever ridiculed, including Muhammad in a bear costume. There was a strong reaction from the Muslim community, and a website called RevolutionMuslim.com posted a message cautioning the creators of the show that they could face violent retribution for insulting the prophet.
Following the threat, Comedy Central edited out a speech on fear and intimidation in a subsequent episode, which angered the “South Park” producers and many other people.
“It’s not certain what is more despicable: the nonstop Christian bashing featured on the network, or Comedy Central’s decision to censor all depictions of Muhammad,” said William Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Civil and Religious Rights, on Thursday.
“JC” is still several steps away from making it to air and there is a large possibility that it will not result in a series.

















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Sure rip off the family guy references…
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Actually Family Guy came after South Park I think. Either way, the show JC would just be rehashed jokes from every depiction of Jesus in modern comedy.
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I doubt any Christian fundamentalist will park an explosives-laden SUV purchased with cash in front of the Viacom building (home of Comedy Central) in Times Square (lone wolf one-off finds empty parking space in midtown Manhattan!) then flee to the Bible Belt. So why not?
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In other words, “JC” will manifest all of the characteristics of Romans 1:29-32 and Galatians 5:19-21 to maintain the level of ‘edginess’ that its viewership needs to achieve the same ‘high’, as an addict needs higher doses of a drug to achieve the same effect because of drug tolerance. Some addicts never hit bottom until they’re dead. And then it’s too late.
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The infallible Biblical revelation will always be the main target.
Why?
The light is so bright.
“For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.” (2Co 4:6)
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Is it in their plans to blast Judaism?
Just curious.
:-O
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Funny – they reveal themselves to be total sniveling cowards by only mocking those who won’t push back.
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I actually think I might respect the South Park guys because they are the only ones at comedy central who are brave and honest enough to mock Mohammed as they mock everyone and everything else. I mean, all the others who claim to mock everyone, like Family Guy, the Simpsons, etc, do not target Mohammed out of fear of backlash and thus are outright liars. Granted I am not going to start watching South Park anytime soon, but it is nice to know that even in modern comedy there are a few who are honest about their claim of actually mocking everyone.
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Comedy Central’s JC has to be gay.
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Scroop didn’t disappoint – I didn’t even want to put that in the equation, but, pathetically, it already is.
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Is it comedy or is it merely sophomoric ridicule?
I love comedy and often go to Comedy Central hoping to find some. It rarely fails to disappoint.
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Xion, well, I hear that Betty White is supposed to be on SNL tomorrow. That might be funny for a change, but the repeated clips will be enough for me I think.
Substituting sarcasm for humor gets really tiresome.
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I might actually watch SNL for once, considering on average, only one skit is truly hilarious, unlike Monty Python that got it not just right but excelled half the time.
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You fight this sort of thing with beauty. Encourage Christians to get involved in the media and create programs and other works of art characterized by excellence. Give people alternatives to this sort of thing. The Blind Side, while not specifically Christian (it only happened that the family was one consciously trying to live according to their faith), had great production qualities, great writing, and great acting. The Passion was specifically Christian and cost $45M for great production values, an original concept, and brilliant marketing. Excellence does have its price and needs your support. You can achieve high standards of beauty and excellence with humor. Check out some of Taylor Mason’s stuff (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwkN4o8MgT4). Also, I think David McFadzean, executive producer of Home Improvement, is a Christ-follower.
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This will go over like a lead balloon. An occasional jab might be humorous but building an entire show from a one-joke gag that is sure to offend over half the population is NOT a recipe for selling ad time.
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14. I worked in Christian TV for 19 years. Good luck with that.
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I love comedy and often go to Comedy Central hoping to find some.
Check out Obama’s routine at the White House Correspondents’ dinner. His writers are as funny as Mark Twain and his timing as superb as Johnny Carson. The savagery is fair and balanced, and truly hurts, whether you laugh or refuse to laugh. You know that each meticulous and sly assault is fully paid and due. Poor Peggy Noonan couldn’t complain about anything but the “edginess”.
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Scroop, he’s a joke, alright – too bad he’s no laughing matter.
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A very funny clean comedian is Brian Regan.
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