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Stephen Spielberg and George Lucas the latest South Park victims

10-Oct-2008
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Opening episode of TV cartoon series depicts the rape of Indiana Jones by famous film-makers If the aim of South Park, the long-running TV cartoon, is to shock, then it succeeded in the opening episode of its 12th series, aired Thursday night in the US. The China Problem offered a novel interpretation of the most recent Indiana Jones movie, The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: rather than being an irreverent piece of old fashioned cinematic high jinks, the film was actually about the rape of Indiana by his makers, Stephen Spielberg and George Lucas. Three scenes in the episode show the two – possibly the most powerful film-makers in Hollywood – pinning Indiana Jones to the ground, pulling down his trousers and making him "squeal... [read full story]                    

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South Park episode angers viewers with scenes of Hollywood titans raping Indiana Jones

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