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Tom Cruise will meet fans at the London premiere of Mission Impossible 3 on Tuesday after a last-minute decision not to return to his new child. The star was in Rome on Monday for the world premiere, telling reporters he would fly straight back to be with fiancee Katie Holmes and daughter Suri.
It was only yesterday that we said the premiere was going to be a bit naff, but now it's going to be a bit naff with the diminutive Top Gun closet lover.
Katie herself told Tom he should go. "We discussed it. She said 'You know, things change,'" he said... "I realise the fans are going to be there in London and Paris and, you know, everything is cool," he said. "So we're going to hit it. We're going to bang it."
Tom there's no need to bang anything else - we get it. You're not gay.
Suri means "princess" in Hebrew, "red rose" in Persian and "honestly folks, my dad loves pussy" in Southparkian, while Cruise is next tipped to star in a biopic of manly man's man, Rock Hudson.
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Shock waves where felt across the animated comedy series industry and its fans following the news Isaac Hayes, - who served as the voice of “Chef” in the acclaimed series South Park (launched in 1997 and still the highest rated series on Comedy Central) - announced he was leaving the series, apparently because he objected to its' inappropriate ridicule of his religion.
"Trapped in the Closet" episode number 137 of the series, aired in November 16, 2005 sparked controversy not only with Hayes but with the Church of Scientology and Tom Cruise. A preview of the episode follows…
Stan is saving his money for a new bike, so he can't join Kyle, Cartman and Kenny when they go off to play laser tag. Opting for something that is "fun and free," Stan takes a personality test that is being offered by the Scientologists. After answering a long questionnaire (the questions given to Stan during the personality test are from the actual OCA personality test that Scientology uses), Stan is informed that he is "one messed up kid" who is "completely miserable and totally depressed" (Even though he didn't't know it). This based on the episodes storyline makes him a perfect candidate for Scientology—they offer to help him out for $240. After some test with an e-meter they believe Stan must be the reincarnation of L. Ron Hubbard, Scientology’s founder and prophet. Following a question by Tom Cruise to Stan, Stan tells Cruise that his acting is not as good as Leonardo DiCaprio, Gene Hackman or "that guy from Napoleon Dynamite," but that he is "okay," Cruise yells in agony, runs, and locks himself into Stan's bedroom closet (supporting source: Wikipedia.org). A large part of the episode revolves around the punt of Tom Cruise being locked in the closet and the money driven nature of Scientology.
What is concerning of this story is that episode was scheduled to re-run on March 22nd, 2006, but airing was cancelled without prior notice – the episode was replaced with Chef's Chocolate Salty Balls (a classic of the series). In the interest of objective reporting, Comedy Central's official explanation was as follows: "In light of the events of earlier this week, we wanted to give Chef an appropriate tribute by airing two episodes he is most known for." What is clear is that the episode was cancelled although thousands of loyal South Park and Comedy Central viewers protested. Further questions should be raised to Viacom (the parent company of the Comedy Channel and other major media outlets including movie studios) regarding the influences and reasons for the cancellation of the long awaited South Park episode. Whatever those influences, they where stronger than ratings, viewership and advertising revenue - the "meat & potatoes" of Viacom....
Matt Stone one of the creators of South Park, rightly declared to the controversy raised by the departure of Isaac Hayes – “This is 100 percent having to do with his faith of Scientology... He has no problem - and he's cashed plenty of checks — with our show making fun of Christians...He wants a different standard for religions other than his own, and, to me, that is where intolerance and bigotry begin." (supporting source: BBC News)
The matter of Dark Matter Politics is the fact religious parody for the purpose of entertainment (as opposed to ideological influence) is no longer accepted as a form of social commentary and expression but immediately treated as confrontational defamation. Furthermore, the cancellation of the episode can be seen as a serious limitation on free speech. A copy of the episode of "Trapped in the Closet" can be found at contemporaryinsanity.org
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