Peter Suderman on South Park Edited, Again

“We never set out to do a
libertarian show,” South Park co-creator Matt Stone told
Reason‘s Nick Gillespie and Jesse Walker at a 2006
conference in Amsterdam. But intentionally or not, the show became
known as much for its libertarian-leaning politics as for its
outrageous humor. The interview with Stone and his co-creator Trey
Parker was printed in the December 2006 issue
of Reason as “South Park Libertarians.” Much of the
discussion centered on the show’s multiple political
controversies-particularly episodes that had been edited or pulled
from air as a result of outside pressure.

This year, writes Reason Senior Editor Peter Suderman, Parker
and Stone branched out into interactive media with a raunchy and
well-reviewed video game, South Park: The Stick of Truth.
And once again, the pair found their work edited so as not to cause
offense.

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