Twenty-five years later, it remains a brilliantly meta idea.
In typical Matt and Trey fashion, whatever adversary they faced, they rebelled with nastier pushback against.
And in the long run, this made for a more memorable film.
Can you make your movie PG13, pretty kindly?
Maybe even R. We cant make something lesser than the TV shows.
Eventually, the studio gave in and held up their end of the deal.
But one of their earliest arguments with the MPAA revolved around the films initial title.
Originally, the duo wanted the feature to be namedSouth Park: All Hell Breaks Loose.
But The MPAA prohibited Hell to be used in the title.
Unrelated, the movieJason Goes to Hell: The Final Fridaywas released in 1993.
Cant get more family-friendly than an uncircumcised penis.
Many of these NC-17 ratings were allegedly for the use of coarse and vulgar language.
It wasnt the first time Stone and Parker were hit with an NC-17.
Their 1998 indie comedy,Orgazmo, received the same dreaded label from the industrys version of self-censorship.
However, under the preset of a studio feature, an NC-17 would never fly.
OnOrgazmo, the MPAA refused to tell the duo what they needed to do to resubmit for an R-rating.
We dont give specific notes, they apparently scolded the then-indie filmmakers.
To an independent distributor, they wouldnt give any notes.
Because they dont get any money.
They wouldnt even return your phone calls when youre putting out aHappinessor anOrgazmo.
But when you are in a Schwarzenegger movie, theyll bargain with you.
Initially, the video the boys would see would be Cartmans mom screwing a horse.
The MPAA shot it down on every occasion.
Hence why it became German poop.
Like, alright, watch this?
And every time they dont care.
The last dismissal from the would-be censors occurred two weeks before release.
Stone called producer Scott Rudin and freaked out.
Then Rudin called up Paramount and freaked out on them.
Then Paramount called the MPAA and freaked out on them.
Thats what fucking bullshit it is.
And we have it all documented.
They cant take us to court for libel because its fucking true.
Pushing the boundaRies (yes, I did the letter-R joke again.
Sue me)
What constitutes a film being rated R versus NC-17 is so frivolous.
Originally, the joke was that Husseins real penis would be the second gag phallic.
The MPAA didnt like it, so they cut it out.
The MPAA took umbrage with it.
At the end of the day,South Parkbarely survived being R-rated with its 399 swears.
One more would make it NC-17 by default.
Karma really is an Uncle Fucka.
