Don’t fake the funk on a nasty Open Thread. That’s what I was told.
First off, South Park has once again been censored from depicting the Prophet Muhammad, after a Muslim group based in NYC intimated on their website that such a cartoon might get Matt Stone and Trey Parker killed. Yikes. Stick to the L. Ron Hubbard gags, I guess.
Second, Kick-Ass has been blazing its way through theaters, with 13-year-old Chloe Moretz being the sleeper star of the summer blockbuster season. Yours truly plans to see it this weekend to determine if Nic Cage has finally redeemed himself. Question: with the success of 300 and Kick-Ass, what non-Marvel / DC franchise do you want to see adapted from comic book to big screen?
A production still from this summer's most violent action movie.
But most of this week’s news is OTI-related. Ch-ch-ch-ch-check it.
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Make sure you join the Mr. T Party as part of the fight to take America back from fools and jibba-jabba. If you haven’t yet, you should join the Mr T Party on Facebook. If you have, you should Tweet about it (#MrTParty). If you’re on neither Facebook nor Twitter, then you should have meaningful conversations with friends.
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Don’t forget to submit an entry to Clichemageddon 2: The Clichemagging! Actual prizes this year.
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Finally, a reminder that Overthinking It has two live events at ImprovBoston’s Geek Week next weekend – Friday April 30th at 11pm and Saturday May 1st at 8:30pm! If you’re in the Boston area, or can teleport there without causing an explosion, stop on by!