WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- CanWest-owned niche channel C4 plans to air the controversial Bloody Mary episode of South Park come hell or high water. CanWest TV Works confirmed Monday that the episode about a bleeding statue of the Virgin Mary would screen May 10, despite a threatened boycott of sister network TV3's news and advertisers by Catholic viewers. In an open letter, the Catholic Bishops of New Zealand have urged Catholics to target mainstream TV3 because "the way in which Mary is portrayed in this episode is derisive, outrageous and beyond all acceptable standards of decency and good taste."...
- 2/21/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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