I don’t see Republicans, Democrats, Mongolians, Dutch, or Egyptians get apologies for CLONE HIGH’s portrayals of Abe Lincoln, JFK, Genghis Khan, Van Gogh or Cleopatra. Nor abusively maternal big-eyed actresses get apologies for Joan Crawford’s character. Sheesh!
Maybe MTV felt discretion was the better part of valour? They might find it a laughable complaint, but how many businesses can really afford to laugh off complaints, however silly?
The people of India complained. The people of Mongolia, the Netherlands, Egypt, Republicania, Democratia, and Joan Crawfordland (even though the latter had no reason to) didn’t.
The reason MTV apologized is because they want to appear totally politically correct. Add to that they are complete and utter spineless hypocrites.
Basically they said, “Oh, we’re so sorry. Yes its wrong to make fun of him like that. Now here’s what’s coming up next week when we make fun of him like that!!”
They should’ve just said, “Its a cartoon, get a life! The show doesn’t even run in India!”
“South Park” mocks Jesus, but the creators have yet to apologize to Christians. Personally, I think it’s a tempest in a teapot. But MTV certainly got a lot of free publicity out of their apology, which, come to think of it, may have been the reason behind it. Nothing like an international “controversy” to boost ratings, and if you don’t have one, make one up. (I had never even heard of the show before the apology made the news.)