Watching South Park can rot your brain, but you can have a whole lot of fun while it does. The creators of the show have always had a take no prisoners attitude toward organized religion, and especially religious creeds that are rife with hypocrisy. The have skewered Scientology, Mormons and Catholics more than once. Their start in the business came from a poignant and irreverent animated duel between Jesus and Santa Claus over whom embodied the real spirit of Christmas. Jesus won!
Even though their antics are a bit over done sometimes, Matt Stone and Trey Parker really do make some good points as far as social commentary in their series. Last night as they roasted the tradition of the Easter Bunny, they scored another hit for common sense and sound morals. How? Well it seems that the whole bunny thing is because Jesus intended for Peter…rabbit to be the pillar of his church. The Popes hat, with its high crown was designed to fit over rabbit ears…. You get the idea.
They skillfully mixed the Da Vinci code with a plot hatched by Bill Donohue, president of the conservative Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights and ended with Jesus neatly slicing Bill in half with a Ninja blade and reinstalling a rabbit as the head of the church. (Funny how Donohue bears a striking resemblance to Karl Rove.) Why a rabbit? Because the rabbit makes no pronouncements as to God’s judgements for mankind. He just sits there silent, watching and lets God speak for Himself.
Heady stuff, and it is the kind of plot that has kept South Park fresh and avoided "jumping the shark".
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