Comments on: Self-censorship strikes Danish animation

By: GagWatch » Animated self censorship

GagWatch » Animated self censorship — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:15:14 +0000

[...] Animated self censorship Based on the graphic novel by Claus Deleuran, Rejsen Til Saturn (Journey to Saturn) tells the tale of what happens when a Danish crew of misfits travel in space to find natural gas. The film is due to be released on Friday and promises a fart and belch fuelled lampoon of a whole host of political and religious beliefs. Except one (via). [...]

By: marc draco

marc draco — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 23:12:18 +0000

@2. Ironically, I think that’s precisely what they’ve achieved without actually knowing it. Funny how things work out.

By: Mark Hudson

Mark Hudson — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:50:13 +0000

I’m wondering if a clever satirist could actually use some pointed and obvious non-fun-making of a Muslim character as a way of indirectly taking the chronic piss out of them? Maybe by subjecting anything and everything else to extreme ridicule, but clearly avoiding this (while also not referring to the fact that it is being avoided) in the case of Islam might make a good point.

By: Stuart

Stuart — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:31:00 +0000

Well they may claim not to satirise islam but at 1 minute 56 seconds into the trailer they do have a couple of mad looking mullahs waving kalashnikovs and a Danish flag consumed in the conflagration. So the satire may not be direct but they at least glance at it.