"You Lied to Me, Jew Producer": Comedy Central Shocker
May 15, 2010 22:00 by ManagingTeam
Recently, the Comedy Central TV network censored an episode of the popular South Park cartoon following threats from Islamic extremists offended at the show’s portrayal of the Prophet Mohammad. But while Comedy Central was perceived to have caved in on a matter of free speech, it appears that the network exercises double standards when it comes to producing genuinely offensive material.
Currently appearing on Comedy Central’s website is a game called “I.S.R.A.E.L. Attack!”. The premise of this game has nothing to do with Israel and, as such, is nothing more than an insidious attempt at association. The game’s introduction begins with a character who states:
You lied to me, Jew Producer
referring to a character who has failed to carry out a mission to destroy other child-like cartoon characters. If this piece of anti-Semitism isn’t bad enough, a robot – the Intelligent Smart Robot Animation Eraser Lady – is sent to do the job that the Jew Producer failed to achieve.
The character openly calls the robot by its acronym – ISRAEL – and the association created by those behind this game is unmistakable – Israel the child killer.
The game then involves the robot destroying everything and everyone in its path, including children and animals.
This inappropriate and offensive game, aimed at children as well as adults, should not appear on Comedy Central’s website or any other mainstream media outlet.
At the time of writing, Comedy Central’s website feedback form is not operational so please go to the programming feedback form, select Other in the Topic section and demand that Comedy Central remove this offensive game from its website.
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UPDATE – 17 May: Comedy Central has removed the offensive phrase ”You lied to me Jew Producer” from the game’s introduction. While the game no longer appears prominently on the website, it is still accessible and has not been removed.
The original unedited introduction can be seen here:
The actions of Comedy Central would indicate that the network has recognized that anti-Semitism is unacceptable. Yet it does not acknowledge that the premise of the game portraying Israel as a child killer is also offensive. Why will Comedy Central not simply apologize and remove this game in its entirety instead of taking half-measures and attempting to hide the evidence of the network’s wrong doing?
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Beverly Kurtin
12:25 am
Jan 25, 2011
I just found out about this a few moments ago, got up and deleted the “Comedy Channel” from my TV tuner.
It’s a shame as I used to enjoy watching a few of your programs; in the words of Jews all over the world, NEVER AGAIN.
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Matthew X
9:04 pm
Dec 28, 2011
REALLY?
First off, this game is *NOT* aimed at children. “Drawn together” is an ADULT show with ADULT themes.
Second, “Jew producer” is not a description, it’s the actual character’s name. If you watched the show, it becomes apparent rather quickly that he’s not a “bad guy”. His appearance and mannerisms also don’t fall into anything close to a Jewish Stereotype, and on top of all this his character is actually portrayed rather positively at times, going so far as to save the entire main cast due to nothing other than caring deeply about their well-being. How MONSTROUS!
Third, and I CANNOT stress this one enough:
It’s a cartoon, for adults. It is not an instructional manual that tells you how to behave, it is a not a serious attempt at swaying people into ethnic tension induced frenzies, and it is not a guide to real world perceptions of anyone. It is a COMEDY that is based around not-so-subtle parodies of “real” cartoon characters behaving in mostly psychotic and offensive ways.
Comedy central censored the Mohammed episode of SP because they were threatened with death by actual extremist groups if they DID show it. Maybe this one made it to airing because comedy central thought that the likelihood of fundamentalist jews blowing them up was, in reality, negligible?
When terrorist sects manage to bully media channels into censoring their content on pain of DEATH because it upsets them, the correct response is not to leap up and shout “No fair, I want that privilege too!”, which is, in effect, what is being said here.
Imagine if I got upset every time a W.A.S.P stereotype was shown on TV? Well, away goes “everyone hates Chris” pretty much every Chris rock routine ever, etc. Do I get upset by them?
No, because I understand that comedy is all about putting the world under a distorted, whacked out, manic lens that yes, can offend some, but massively entertains most.
To close, does anyone at this site actually believe that this show will turn people into bigots? If so, you might just be insulting the moral fibre and consciousness of most people around the world.
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Matthew X
9:12 pm
Dec 28, 2011
A follow-up comment: The “Jew producer” Character is actually an in-show portrayal of show creators Dave Jeser and Matt Silverstein.
Hint: Yes, those are two Jewish guys.
So, what? I.S.R.A.E.L Is offensive to all Jews? Including the two Jewish men who conceptualised it?
Oh, no, wait, it’s semi-intelligent satire of a COUNTRY, not of a group of people. To act like any criticism of Israel is an attack on Jews all across the world is ridiculous and a straw man fallacy to boot. I don’t approve of the level of aggression the Israeli military holds, but does that make me bigoted or prejudiced? No, of course not. To equate Israel with Jews and Jews with Israel is, in reality, the truly offensive idea. It’s a country. It is not a representation or the avatar of every single last person on earth whose mother’s mother’s mother’s mother’s mother’s mother belonged to a particular Semitic tribe x thousand years ago. It’s a country Frankly, the sooner the world accepts that that criticism of a government or military/both is NOT an attack on the ethnic majority of said country, the better.
I haven’t said anything that is an attack on any protected group, and I have said nothing here that could even remotely be considered hate speech. There is, I’m sure, plenty that some readers may disagree with, but hey ho, that’s the way of the world.
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