Wednesday, 15 May 2013

Super Best Friends Forever

I was chatting to my friend today and telling him how much I enjoyed listening to "Jesus Christ Superstar" this morning and how much I would like to have "Muhammad Superstar." He looked at me and said: "We would ALL die!"
After this not a very much promising phrase, he showed me something that reminded me once again why "Muhammad Superstar" will not be happening in my lifetime.
Apparently, the Super Best Friends Episode of South Park which was aired in 2001 in which Muhammad is shown many times went unnoticed and noone really did make a big deal out of it.

Muhammad standing next to Jesus and having Jesus's arm around him, wearing colourful clothes etc had caused no controversy and was totally cool with everyone?! 

No. not really.

In 2005, during the Muhammad cartoon controversy, this episode gets noticed and as the South Park people get threatened by some Muslim groups, the episode is taken down completely. 


Now, it is clear that "Muhammad Superstar" is not happening in the near future. What is not clear is: Are we moving backwards in time?