I think being able to accept that people will make jokes about you that you don't like is an absolute requirement if you choose to be a celebrity. Granted it's harder to reneig on celebrity status once you've got it, but Johnny Dep for example is nearly off the radar now in spite of still making the occasional film. It wouldn't be difficult for him to fade into general obscurity if he simply chose not to Hollywood anymore. So if a joke like that (and yeah, I can understand why Cruise specifically would be upset) really offends you imo the answer is to choose not to associate with the show and/or talk about it with your over-paid therapist. I still think it's hipocritical of Hayes, but I'm willing grant that it's an acceptable decision. I don't think putting legal or social pressure on the producers of a satire is really acceptable.
> I'm just saying. There is a difference between walking > away, which is > what he did, and what Tom Cruise MAY have done, used his > power to have > the show pulled off the air. I think what he did was fair. > We all have > a place, whaever it is, where things cant go, by that I > mean where > jokes should not go. Instad of throwing a fit, he simply > decided to > not be involved in the show anymore. > On 3/19/06, Charlie Griefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> Right...he didn't want to be associated with the show >> anymore because >> he was offended by the Scientology episode. >> >> He had no problems cashing checks he earned from shows >> that made fun >> of any other religion tho. >> >> On 3/19/06, Raymond Camden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > To be fair, unlike Cruise, Isaac Hayes just left the >> > show, which to >> > me, is the -right- way to protest. He simply didn't >> > want to be >> > associated with the show anymore (from what I read.) >> > >> > On 3/18/06, Michael Dinowitz >> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > > Seems that the show that loves to piss people off >> > > went too far when it offended the 'religion' of >> > > scientology. Tom Cruise reportedly made threats to >> > > force comedy central to pull the repeat of the >> > > episode, Isaac Hayes left and the creators have >> > > joined forces with the evil Xenu (ask a scientologist >> > > or wikipedia). Makes me wish I had cable. :) >> > > >> > > As an aside, I've always been pissed with their >> > > portrayal of Jews on the show in general and their >> > > Hebrew camp episode specifically. But what can you >> > > do? Riot? >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:200676 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
